Who wants to be Ag minister: Damien O'Connor v Todd McClay

Who wants to be Ag minister: Damien O'Connor v Todd McClay
National's Todd McClay (left) and Labour's Damien O'Connor with Tova O'Brien. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Riley Kennedy
The two agriculture representatives from National and Labour went head-to-head debating their parties’ positions on primary sector policies. Labour’s Damien O’Connor, the current minister for both agriculture and trade, and National’s Todd McClay, who was trade minister for a period of time in the Key and English government, debated issues such as climate change and trade at the opening session of the Red Meat Sector Conference on Sunday in Auckland.O’Connor has been agriculture minister since Labour...

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