Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources (Australia)

Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources
Incumbent Barnaby Joyce since 18 September 2013
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Governor-General on behalf of the Queen of Australia on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia
Inaugural holder	Victor Wilson
Formation	16 January 1925 (1925-01-16)

The Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources is the Hon. Barnaby Joyce MP , appointed on 18 July 2013. The minister is assisted by Senator the Hon. Anne Ruston, the Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, appointed on 21 September 2015.

In the Government of Australia, the ministers administer this portfolio through the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, and its component bodies.

Portfolio responsibilities

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

• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
• Biosecurity Australia
• Bureau of Rural Sciences

Other bodies within his 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
• Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation
• Horticulture Australia Limited
• Land & Water Australia
• Meat and Livestock Australia
• Murray-Darling Basin Commission
• 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
• Wheat Export Authority

List of agriculture and water resources ministers

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, 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	16 January 1925 (1925-01-16)	18 June 1926 (1926-06-18)
2	Thomas Paterson		Country			18 June 1926 (1926-06-18)	19 January 1928 (1928-01-19)
					Minister for Markets	19 January 1928 (1928-01-19)	10 December 1928 (1928-12-10)
					Minister for Markets and Transport	10 December 1928 (1928-12-10)	22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)
3	Parker Moloney		Labor	Scullin		22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)	21 April 1930 (1930-04-21)
					Minister for Markets	21 April 1930 (1930-04-21)	6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)
4	Charles Hawker		United Australia	Lyons		6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)	13 April 1932 (1932-04-13)	days
					Minister for Commerce	13 April 1932 (1932-04-13)	23 September 1932 (1932-09-23)
5	Joseph Lyons					3 October 1932 (1932-10-03)	13 October 1932 (1932-10-13)	days
6	Frederick Stewart					13 October 1932 (1932-10-13)	9 November 1932 (1932-11-09)	days
7	Earle Page		Country			9 November 1932 (1932-11-09)	7 April 1939 (1939-04-07)
				Page		7 April 1939 (1939-04-07)	26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)
8	George McLeay		United Australia	Menzies		26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)	14 March 1940 (1940-03-14)	days
9	Archie Cameron		Country			14 March 1940 (1940-03-14)	28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)	days
n/a	Earle Page					28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)	29 August 1941 (1941-08-29)	days
				Fadden		29 August 1941 (1941-08-29)	7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)
10	William Scully		Labor	Curtin		7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)	22 December 1942 (1942-12-22)
					Minister for Commerce and Agriculture	22 December 1942 (1942-12-22)	6 July 1945 (1945-07-06)
				Forde		6 July 1945 (1945-07-06)	13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
				Chifley		13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)	1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)
11	Reginald Pollard					1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)	19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)
12	John McEwen		Country	Menzies		19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)	11 January 1956 (1956-01-11)
13	William McMahon		Liberal		Minister for Primary Industry	11 January 1956 (1956-01-11)	10 December 1958 (1958-12-10)
14	Charles Adermann		Country			10 December 1958 (1958-12-10)	26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)
				Holt		26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)	16 October 1967 (1967-10-16)
15	Doug Anthony					16 October 1967 (1967-10-16)	19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)
				McEwen		19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)	10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
				Gorton		10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)	5 February 1971 (1971-02-05)
16	Ian Sinclair					5 February 1971 (1971-02-05)	10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)
				McMahon		10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)	5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)
17	Lance Barnard		Labor	Whitlam		5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)	days
18	Ken Wriedt					19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)	12 June 1974 (1974-06-12)
					Minister for Agriculture	12 June 1974 (1974-06-12)	21 October 1975 (1975-10-21)
19	Rex Patterson					21 October 1975 (1975-10-21)	11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	days
n/a	Ian Sinclair		National Country	Fraser		11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)
					Minister for Primary Industry	22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)	27 September 1979 (1979-09-27)
20	Peter Nixon					27 September 1979 (1979-09-27)	16 October 1982
			National			16 October 1982	11 March 1983
21	John Kerin		Labor	Hawke		11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)	24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)
					Minister for Primary Industries and Energy	24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	4 June 1991 (1991-06-04)
22	Simon Crean					4 June 1991 (1991-06-04)	20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
				Keating		20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)	23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)
23	Bob Collins					23 December 1993 (1993-12-23)	11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
24	John Anderson		National	Howard		11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)	21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)
25	Mark Vaile				Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)	20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)	days
26	Warren Truss					20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)	6 July 2005 (2005-07-06)
27	Peter McGauran					6 July 2005 (2005-07-06)	3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)
28	Tony Burke		Labor	Rudd		3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)	28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)
				Gillard		28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)	14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
29	Joe Ludwig					14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)	1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)
30	Joel Fitzgibbon			Rudd		1 July 2013 (2013-07-01)	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
31	Barnaby Joyce		National	Abbott	Minister for Agriculture	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
				Turnbull		15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	21 September 2015
					Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources	21 September 2015 (2015-09-21)	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 junior ministers within the portfolio

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	Anne Ruston		Liberal	Turnbull	Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources	21 September 2015	incumbent	days

External links

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