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.
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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
1 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.
List of assistant ministers
The following individuals have been appointed as assistant ministers in the agriculture portfolio or any of its precedent titles.