Minister Vowles toured AZRI

The Hon. Ken Vowles, MLA, Minister for Primary Industry and Resources, spent a Friday afternoon in November at the department’s Arid Zone />Research Institute.

The minister toured the facility to meet staff and familiarise himself with AZRI operations (from mining regulation to geological survey, plant and livestock industries, biosecurity and the water laboratory, as well as horticultural crops and the paddocks down to the Todd />River on the farm proper).

An afternoon tea followed at the social club.

He was accompanied by Steve Rossingh, his Chief of Staff.

Kinjal Patel, Water Microbiology Technical Officer, with Minister Vowles