FRESHLY minted Member for Eureka, Michaela Settle has been promoted to parliamentary secretary for Agriculture and Regional Development.<\/p>\n
As part of her roles, Ms Settle will assist the Minister for Agriculture, Gayle Tierney, and the Minister for Regional Development, Harriet Shing, in their duties.<\/p>\n
Ms Settle got the offer from Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday and said she was excited to take on the positions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe role really means supporting our wonderful ministers in attending events, [helping with] policy development, any way I\u2019m able to support them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how incredibly important [agriculture] is to the economy and the state\u2026 and of course regional development applies to all of regional Victoria.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll continue to serve [Ballarat, Golden Plains and Moorabool] as a local member but it\u2019ll be great to have that extra lens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Settle said her experience running her family\u2019s farm, and her postgraduate research into post-COVID regional development makes her poised to focus on agriculture especially.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not often you get to use your masters thesis in your workplace so I\u2019m very happy about that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FRESHLY minted Member for Eureka, Michaela Settle has been promoted to parliamentary secretary for Agriculture and Regional Development. As part of her roles, Ms Settle will assist the Minister for Agriculture, Gayle Tierney, and the Minister for Regional Development, Harriet Shing, in their duties. Ms Settle got the offer from Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday […]<\/p>\n