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Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Australian cabinet position

Field	Value
post	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
insignia	Coat_of_Arms_of_Australia.svg
insigniacaption	Commonwealth Coat of Arms
flag	Flag of Australia (converted).svg
flagcaption	Flag of Australia
flagborder	yes
incumbent	Julie Collins
image	Julie Collins MP 2012.jpg
incumbentsince
style	The Honourable
appointer	Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
inaugural	Victor Wilson (as the Minister for Markets and Migration)
formation
department	Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
website

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Julie Collins since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry.

In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Portfolio responsibilities

In addition to the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, component bodies responsible to the minister include:

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Biosecurity Australia
Bureau of Rural Sciences

Other bodies within the portfolio are:

Australian Egg Corporation
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
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 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
Horticulture Australia Limited
Meat and Livestock Australia
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
Statutory Fishing Rights Allocation Review Panel
Sugar Research and Development Corporation
Torres Strait Protected Zone Joint Authority
Western Australian Fisheries Joint Authority

List of agriculture ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture, or any of its precedent titles:

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Victor Wilson			Nationalist	Bruce	Minister for Markets and Migration
2	Thomas Paterson			Country
		Minister for Markets
		Minister for Markets and Transport
3	Parker Moloney			Labor	Scullin
		Minister for Markets
4	Charles Hawker			United Australia	Lyons			days
		Minister for Commerce
5	Joseph Lyons					days
6	Frederick Stewart					days
7	Earle Page			Country
		Page
8	George McLeay			United Australia	Menzies			days
9	Archie Cameron			Country			days
n/a	Earle Page					days
		Fadden
10	William Scully			Labor	Curtin
		Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
		Forde
		Chifley
11	Reg Pollard
12	John McEwen			Country	Menzies
13	William McMahon			Liberal	Minister for Primary Industry
14	Charles Adermann			Country			****
		Holt
15	Doug Anthony
		McEwen
		Gorton
16	Ian Sinclair
		McMahon
17	Lance Barnard			Labor	Whitlam			days
18	Ken Wriedt
		Minister for Agriculture
19	Rex Patterson					days
n/a	Ian Sinclair			National Country	Fraser
		Minister for Primary Industry
20	Peter Nixon				16 October 1982
		National	16 October 1982	11 March 1983
21	John Kerin			Labor	Hawke
		Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
22	Simon Crean
		Keating
23	Bob Collins
24	John Anderson			National	Howard
25	Mark Vaile			Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry			days
26	Warren Truss
27	Peter McGauran
28	Tony Burke			Labor	Rudd
		Gillard
29	Joe Ludwig
30	Joel Fitzgibbon			Rudd
31	Barnaby Joyce			National	Abbott	Minister for Agriculture
		Turnbull		21 September 2015
		Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
32	Malcolm Turnbull			Liberal
(31)	Barnaby Joyce	National}}		National
33	David Littleproud
Morrison
34	Bridget McKenzie	Minister for Agriculture
	*Michael McCormack
(acting)*
(33)	David Littleproud	Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management
Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia
35	Murray Watt	Labor}}		Labor	Albanese	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
36	Julie Collins		incumbent

Notes : Barnard was part of a two-man ministry comprising Barnard and Gough Whitlam for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned.

List of fisheries and forestry ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as junior ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Wilson Tuckey			Liberal	Howard	Minister for Forestry and Conservation	21 October 1998	26 November 2001
2	Ian Macdonald			26 November 2001	14 November 2002	****
		Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation	14 November 2002	27 January 2006
3	Eric Abetz			27 January 2006	3 December 2007
4	Tony Burke			Labor	Rudd	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
		Gillard
5	Joe Ludwig
6	Joel Fitzgibbon			Rudd
7	Murray Watt	Labor}}		Labor	Albanese	Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
8	Julie Collins		incumbent

List of assistant ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as assistant ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.

Order	Minister	Party	Prime Minister	Title	Term start	Term end	Term in office
1	Richard Colbeck			Liberal	Howard	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	26 October 2004	27 January 2006
2	Sussan Ley			27 January 2006	3 December 2007
3	Mike Kelly			Labor	Gillard	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	14 September 2010	14 December 2011
4	Sid Sidebottom			14 December 2011	27 June 2013
		Rudd	27 June 2013	18 September 2013
(1)	Richard Colbeck			Liberal	Abbott	Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture	18 September 2013	21 September 2015
5	Anne Ruston			Turnbull	Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources	21 September 2015	28 August 2018
(1)	Richard Colbeck			Morrison	28 August 2018	29 May 2019
6	Jonathon Duniam			Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries	29 May 2019	23 May 2022
7	Anthony Chisholm			Labor	Albanese	Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry		incumbent

References

(2010). "Ministries and Cabinets". [[Parliament of Australia]].
(30 September 2015). "Ministers". Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, [[Australian Government]].
"Scott Morrison unveils new ministry as Coalition prepares for majority government".

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