Barnaby Joyce will assume the amended portfolio as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, with South Australian Senator Anne Ruston appointed as the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull's decision to merge the Water portfolio into Agriculture has been welcomed by farming organisations, but one academic believes it could trigger a logjam of bureaucracy.
Barnaby Joyce will assume the amended portfolio as Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, with South Australian Senator Anne Ruston appointed as the Assistant Minister for Agriculture and