Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)

The current Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is Senator the Hon Joe Ludwig

Joe Ludwig

Senator the Hon Joseph William Ludwig , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:...

Portfolio responsibilities

The minister administers his portfolio through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is an Australian government department. The Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s role is to develop and implement policies and programs that ensure Australia's agricultural, fisheries, food and forestry industries...

, and its component bodies:

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics , is located in Canberra, Australia. ABARE, established in 1945, is an Australian government economic research agency, it is also involved in commercial consultancy.Their mission is:...
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service is the Australian government agency responsible for enforcing Australian quarantine laws...
Biosecurity Australia
Biosecurity Australia
Biosecurity Australia is an arm of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. It provides science based quarantine assessments and policy advice to protect Australian agricultural industry, and to enhances Australia's access to international animal and plant...
Bureau of Rural Sciences
Bureau of Rural Sciences
The Bureau of Rural Sciences is a scientific agency within the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.The BRS provides scientific advice to government in support of more profitable, competitive and sustainable use of Australia's Natural Resources. The BRS is an important...

Other bodies within his portfolio are:

Australian Egg Corporation
Australian Egg Corporation
The Australian Egg Corporation Limited is the major marketer of eggs in Australia. It is a producer-owned corporation, representing approximately 400 commercial egg producers and based in Sydney. The activities of AECL include marketing, research and development, and policy services...
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority is the Australian Government statutory agency responsible for the management and sustainable use of fisheries resources and for combating illegal fishing activities in Australian waters .-History:The Australian Fisheries Management Authority was...
Australian Landcare Council
Australian Livestock Export Corporation Limited
Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (formerly National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals)
Australian Pork Limited
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation
Wine Australia , is an Australian Government authority that promotes and regulates the Australian wine industry. It was created in 1981 to replace the Australian Wine Board after the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980, now the Wine Australia Corporation Act 1980 was passed...
Australian Wool Innovation Limited
Cotton Research and Development Corporation
Dairy Adjustment Authority
Dairy Australia
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Grains Research and Development Corporation
Grains Research and Development Corporation is an Australian research statutory corporation founded in 1990 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act, 1989 . It is funded by the Australian government and a levy on graingrowers, which is determined by the industry's peak...
Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
Horticulture Australia Limited
Land & Water Australia
Land & Water Australia
Land & Water Australia was a Statutory Corporation established under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act of 1989. Its primary focus was to organise and fund research and development activities which improved the long term productive capacity, sustainable use, management...
Meat and Livestock Australia
Meat and Livestock Australia
Meat & Livestock Australia is a producer-owned company which promotes and provides research for the red meat and livestock industry in Australia.Its marketing activities include appearances by "Lambassador" Sam Kekovich.-References:...
Murray-Darling Basin Commission
Murray-Darling Basin Commission
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is the principal government agency in charge of managing the Murray-Darling Basin in an integrated and sustainable manner. The Authority is the statutory agency that manages, in conjunction with the Basin states, the Murray–Darling Basin’s water resources in the...
Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council
National Consultative Committee on Animal Welfare
National Land and Water Resources Audit
National Rural Advisory Council
Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
Northern Territory Fisheries Joint Authority
Plant Breeder's Rights Office
Quarantine and Exports Advisory Council
Primary Industries Ministerial Council
Queensland Fisheries Joint Authority
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation
The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation is an Australian statutory Corporation formed in July 1990 under the Primary Industries and Energy Research and Development Act 1989...
Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel
Sugar Research and Development Corporation
Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority
Western Australian Fisheries Joint Authority
Wheat Export Authority
Wheat Export Authority
The Export Wheat Commission was a statutory authority of the Australian government. The EWC was established on 1 October 2007 and superseded the Wheat Export Authority...

List of Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
William Scully	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1942–1946	Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
Reginald Pollard		1946–1949
John McEwen John McEwen Sir John "Black Jack" McEwen, GCMG, CH , was an Australian politician and the 18th Prime Minister of Australia...	Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1949–1956
William McMahon William McMahon Sir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH , was an Australian Liberal politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Australia...	Liberal Party Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1956–1958	Minister for Primary Industry
Charles Adermann Charles Adermann Sir Charles Frederick Adermann KBE was an Australian federal politician and government minister.Adermann was born at Vernor Siding, near Lowood, Queensland, the son of German immigrants and educated at Lowood and Wooroolin State schools until he was 13...	Country Party	1958–1967
Doug Anthony Doug Anthony John Douglas Anthony, AC, CH , is a former Australian politician. He was leader of the National Party from 1971 to 1984, and Deputy Prime Minister from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1975 to 1983.-Early life:...		1967–1971
Ian Sinclair Ian Sinclair Ian McCahon Sinclair AC , is an Australian politician and former leader of the National Party of Australia.Sinclair was born in Sydney, the son of a suburban accountant. He was educated at Knox Grammar School and at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts and law...		1971–1972
Lance Barnard Lance Barnard Lance Herbert Barnard AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam....	Australian Labor Party	1972
Ken Wriedt Ken Wriedt Kenneth Shaw "Ken" Wriedt was an Australian politician and minister in the Whitlam government.Wriedt was born in Melbourne, of Danish ancestry. His early life included time spent as a seaman...		1972–1974
Ken Wriedt		1974–1975	Minister for Agriculture
Rex Patterson Rex Patterson Rex Alan Patterson is a former Australian politician and minister.Patterson was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and educated at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University, the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago.Patterson was elected as an Australian Labor...		1975
Ian Sinclair	National Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1975
Ian Sinclair		1975–1979	Minister for Primary Industry
Peter Nixon Peter Nixon Peter James Nixon AO is a former Australian politician representing the National Party ....		1979–1983
John Kerin John Kerin John Charles Kerin, AM is an Australian economist and former Australian Labor Party politician.-Career in politics:...	Australian Labor Party	1983–1987
		1987–1991	Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
Simon Crean Simon Crean Simon Findlay Crean is an Australian politician, and the current Minister for the Arts and Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government in the Australian Federal Government. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition at the Federal level,...		1991–1993
Bob Collins Bob Collins (politician) Robert Lindsay Collins AO was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from July 1987 to March 1998, representing the Northern Territory. Prior to entering the Senate, Collins was a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1987, and Leader of the...		1993–1996
John Anderson John Anderson (Australian politician) John Duncan Anderson AO is a former Australian politician. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the rural-based National Party of Australia from July 1999 to July 2005.-Early years:...	National Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1996–1998
Mark Vaile Mark Vaile Mark Anthony James Vaile , Australian politician, is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and former leader of the National Party of Australia.-Early life:...		1998–1999	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Warren Truss Warren Truss Warren Errol Truss , Australian politician, is the current leader of the National Party of Australia in the Parliament of Australia. He has held the House of Representatives seat of Wide Bay since the 1990 election...		1999–2005
Peter McGauran		2005–2007
Tony Burke Tony Burke Anthony Stephen 'Tony' Burke is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party, and the current Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities . He first entered public office in 2003 as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council...	Australian Labor Party	2007–2010
Joe Ludwig Joe Ludwig Senator the Hon Joseph William Ludwig , Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland since July 1999, representing the Australian Labor Party.-Biography:...	Australian Labor Party	2010–

List of Ministers for Markets and Commerce

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial Title
Victor Wilson	Nationalist Party Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1925–1926	Minister for Markets and Migration
Thomas Paterson Thomas Paterson Thomas Paterson was an Australian farmer and politician.Paterson was born in Aston, near Birmingham, England and educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Ayr Grammar School. He became a shoe salesman in 1897 and later a branch manager, but resigned in 1908 to study farming...	Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1926–1928
Thomas Paterson	Country Party	1928	Minister for Markets
Thomas Paterson	Country Party	1928–1929	Minister for Markets and Transport
Parker Moloney Parker Moloney Parker John Moloney was an Australian politician, teacher and public servant. He was born at Port Fairy, Victoria to Maurice Moloney and Mary, née Bowe. He became a teacher at John O'Hara's South Melbourne College in 1902 and then at University High School...	Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1929–1930
Parker Moloney	Australian Labor Party	1930–1932	Minister for Markets
Charles Hawker Charles Hawker Charles Allan Seymour Hawker was an Australian politician.Hawker was born near Clare, South Australia and educated at Geelong Grammar School, Hawker and Trinity College, Cambridge, earning Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1919 and 1922 respectively. While at Cambridge he enlisted in the...	United Australia Party United Australia Party The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...	1932
Charles Hawker	United Australia Party	1932	Minister for Commerce
Joseph Lyons Joseph Lyons Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH was an Australian politician. He was Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931...	United Australia Party	1932
Frederick Stewart Frederick Stewart (Australian politician) Sir Frederick Harold Stewart was an Australian businessman, politician and government minister. His continuing political commitment was to the establishment of a national insurance scheme and the shortening of working hours to improve social conditions during the Great Depression, despite the...	United Australia Party	1932–1934
Earle Page Earle Page Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament.-Early life:...	Country Party	1934–1939
George McLeay George McLeay George McLeay was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Menzies Liberal government.McLeay was born in Port Clinton, South Australia and educated at Port Clinton Public School until 1906 when he was sent to Adelaide where he continued his education at Unley Public School...	United Australia Party	1939–1940
Archie Cameron Archie Cameron Archie Galbraith Cameron , was an Australian politician. He was Leader of the Country Party 1939-40, and Speaker of the House of Representatives 1950-56.-Biography:...	Country Party	1940
Earle Page Earle Page Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament.-Early life:...	Country Party	1940–1941
William Scully	Australian Labor Party	1941–1942

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