Budget Media Releases 2004-2005

Media releases and speeches by former Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries can be located at Pandora - Australia's Web Archive

Former Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry

• $2 billion budget for agriculture, fisheries and forestry (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/110WT)
• $238 million AAA injection for farmers (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/113WT)
• New focus for Farm Help (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/114WT)
• $66.7m to continue successful FarmBis program (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/115WT)
• Budget provides $444.4 million to help sugar industry (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/112WT)
• $300 million added to the Natural Heritage Trust (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/125WTJ)
• $200 million for the Living Murray (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/124WTJ)
• Budget continues landcare funding following review (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/118WT)
• Taxation concessions for irrigation water providers (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/127WTJ)
• $3.8m to continue biotech studies in agriculture (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/123WT)
• Budget funding reinforces Australia's biosecurity (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/122WT)
• Budget funding attacks Avian Influenza (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/121WT)
• Budget boosts animal and plant disease response (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/120WT)
• $11.3 million to implement livestock trade reform recommendations (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/119WT)
• Seeds sown for stronger Australasian agricultural trading relationships (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/117WT)
• Australian Government to partner primary producers for growth (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/116WT)
• Billion dollar drought commitment (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/111WT) 

Former Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation

• New funds for Artesian Basin recovery (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/82M)
• $20 million for the Australian Government Envirofund (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/81MJ)
• Customs and Fisheries: armed patrols to protect Australia's Southern Ocean interests (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/80MJ)
• Marine pests to be blown out of the water (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/79M)
• $3 million to combat northern illegal fishing (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/78M)
• Big bucks to help aquaculture make a name for itself (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/77M)
• Government delivers on its $15 million timber promise (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/76M)

Former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry

• Budget continues Rural Financial Counselling Service for four more years (Budget 2004 - DAFF04/29T)