AVA Meets the Queensland Minister for Agriculture

The AVA recently met with Queensland Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Mark Furner MP. At the meeting, the Minister was supported by Director General of Agriculture Dr Chris Sarra, the CVO Dr Allison Crook and the Head of Queensland Biosecurity Dr Rachel Chay.

The meeting was very effective at communicating the issues around the veterinary workforce challenges and particularly the risk to regional vets and communities. The Minister made a commitment to get the request for HECS relief onto the Commonwealth Agriculture Ministers’ meeting agenda.

The AVA advocacy team will undertake further follow up as a result of this meeting.