Barnaby takes ag role

By Katie McRobert and Colin Bettles
Updated December 18 2015 - 2:10pm, first published September 16 2013 - 2:10pm
New Ag Minister Barnaby Joyce with PM Tony Abbott at the Tamworth saleyards earlier this year.
New Ag Minister Barnaby Joyce with PM Tony Abbott at the Tamworth saleyards earlier this year.

NEWLY-elected Nationals deputy leader Barnaby Joyce has been appointed the federal Agriculture Minister in the Coalition Cabinet, surprising few but bitterly disappointing former shadow Agriculture Minister John Cobb.

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