ENG: Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948), is an Australian politician, and leader of the National Party in the Commonwealth Parliament. He has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1990, representing the Division of Wide Bay, Queensland. He was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was a farmer before entering politics. He was chair of the Sugar Coast Burnett Regional Tourism Board and a councillor of the Shire of Kingaroy 1976 - 90.
Truss was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1994 - 96, and was Deputy Leader of the House 1997 - 98. He was Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs 1997-98 and Minister for Community Services 1998-99. He was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, with a seat in the Cabinet, from July 1999 to ...
Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane writes:
The Opposition has taken an altogether unpleasant turn toward xenophobia this week.Malcolm Turnbull yesterday asked the Prime Minister about whether he was considering an “infrastructure bank” -- later a "Labor Government bank" -- based on the premise that the Government’s deposit guarantee was preventing State Governments from borrowing money.There was nothing new in Turnbull’s question. The idea has been kicking around for several weeks. What had happened since then was that State Labor Treasurers (what’s the ...
Australia should put funding into agricultural research rather than international aid says National party leader Warren Truss.He made the call at a rally outside a New South Wales Department of Primary research centre that will be closed because of a dwindling state budget.Mr Truss says cuts to agricultural research have been across the board, and state and federal governments need to prioritise their spending in slower economic times."It's been very happy to invest in significant projects around the world," he says."Now some of the things here that we are doing on these research stations can ...
