John Kerin, agriculture minister for Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, dies aged 85

John Kerin, an agricultural policy elder statesman, economist and Labor minister during the Hawke and Keating governments and has died at the age of 85.

Mr Kerin was first elected to the parliament in 1972.

He is considered to have played a key role in the Hawke government's economic agenda, including the removal of tariffs from imported agricultural products and driving major reforms aimed at boosting farm productivity, including the establishment of research and development corporations.

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