Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

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:

Notes

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.

List of assistant ministers

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

See also

• Minister for Agriculture (Victoria)

References

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