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New Federal Agriculture Minister announced

QUEENSLAND Senator Murray Watt has been appointed Australia’s new Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Emergency Management in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s new cabinet.

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 Queensland Senator Murray Watt is the new Federal Agriculture Minister.

Queensland Senator Murray Watt is the new Federal Agriculture Minister.

Murray Watt was a solicitor before entering the Queensland public service where he worked as chief of staff to Premier Anna Bligh from 2002 to 2007. In 2009 he was elected to the Queensland Parliament...

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