Speeches & transcripts

Doorstop in Gold Coast, Queensland on Gold Coast Airport terminal expansion; Queensland tourism bouncing back from COVID; 2032 Olympics; biosecurity at airports.

Interview with Warwick Long, ABC Victoria Country Hour on apple imports; trade; supermarket costs; National Carp Control Plan; primary producers impacted by floods; flood updates

Interview with Paul Culliver, ABC Capricornia on the Federal Budget; Rockhampton Ring Road; guava root knot nematode; biosecurity; foot and mouth disease update

Interview with Aaron Stevens, 4RO Rockhampton on the Federal Government October Budget; Rockhampton Ring Road; skills shortages; $6M for Beef 2024

Doorstop in Gracemere, Queensland on the Federal Government October Budget; $6M for Beef 2024 Expo; international trade; investments in biosecurity; Rockhampton Ring Road project; workforce shortages; methane supplement development

Address to the CropLife Agricultural Industry Federal Budget Breakfast, National Press Club

The Agricultural Workforce Working Group (the Working Group) met for the first time on 21 October 2022.

Address to the Australian Farm Institute Roundtable on Cultivating ESG Capability

Interview with Virginia Trioli, ABC Melbourne Mornings on flooding, the financial support available; flood plains 

Interview with Matt Cunningham, Sky News on Update on floods; biosecurity; $4M Northern Australia Coordination Network; National Lumpy Skin Action Plan; methane pledge; foot and mouth disease