Speeches & transcripts

Interview with Belinda Varischetti, ABC WA Country Hour on the live cattle trade, the agriculture industry's skilled staff shortage and the ag visa

Address at the National Assembly of the Australian Local Government Association the role of local government, housing, disaster relief and workforce shortages

Press conference in Rockhampton on new portfolio, regional agriculture employment, $15bn National Reconstruction Fund, value-adding to agriculture, minimum wage rises, Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme, China trade and lumpy skin disease

Interview with Meecham Philpott, ABC Tropical North on the Federal Cabinet meeting in Gladstone, dams, energy and electricity costs for farmers

Kieran Gilbert interview with Minister Murray Watt discussing the Cabinet meeting in Gladstone, agricultural workforce challenges and energy policy

Interview with Rikki Lambert, Flow FM on methane tax, live exports and the Pacific Labour Scheme

Interview with Ben Dobbin, Rural Queensland Today on live sheep exports, meat processing and coal seam gas

Interview with Matt Webber, ABC Gold Coast on agricultural trade with China, wage increases, Fair Work Australia, the cost of living and the economic situation

Interview with Patricia Karvelas, ABC RN Breakfast on the Queensland and NSW flooding, the Emergency Response Fund, energy costs for farmers, live exports and Labor's stance on asylum seeker policy

Address at the 2022 Hort Connections conference - Introduction to the minister's experience, three short term priorities in the ag sector: workforce, biosecurity and input costs.