Chris Parker

The federal Parliamentary Budget Officer, Jenny Wilkinson, and the head of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority, Chris Parker, have both announced their resignations. Wilkinson will finish her service on January 27 and already has a new job lined up, according to a joint statement from Senate President Scott Ryan and Speaker of the […]

At least 110 of around 200 staff have decided to leave the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority rather than move with it to Armidale, but the Member for New England Barnaby Joyce insists it’s still a good idea.

The APVMA’s move to Armidale has not been a good advertisement for the federal government’s public service decentralisation policy. Now the agency says it’s back on track with KPIs improving and reform on the cards, appeasing jittery industry stakeholders.

Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce is attempting to get the hotly debated relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority back on track with the appointment of a new acting chief executive.