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S2 Ep 18: New Federal Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt

The Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week turns up the heat on freshly-minted Federal Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt.

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt

In a wide-ranging discussion, the pair discuss jobs and the industry’s underlying labour shortage, biosecurity challenges including FMD and Lumpy Skin Disease, energy prices, livestock export trade and carbon emissions.

Sen 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.

He entered federal politics when he was elected to the…

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