Editing Doug Anthony (section)

===Minister for Primary Industry (1967–1971)===

[[File:SneddenForbesAnthony.jpg|thumb|left|Anthony with [[Billy Snedden]] and [[Jim Forbes (Australian politician)|Jim Forbes]] in 1963]]

His first speech in this portfolio was made regarding the wheat price in Australia. 1966–67 had yielded a smaller amount than the 1965–66 season, and accordingly the price of wheat had to be raised.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201777537?searchTerm=%22Doug%20Anthony%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc Beverley Times, 22 March 1968]</ref> Controversially, in May 1968, Anthony initiated a payout of $21&nbsp;million to offset the [[devaluation]] of the British Pound by Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]]; the currencies were not yet independent of each other.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201777817?searchTerm=%22Doug%20Anthony%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc Beverley Times, 3 May 1968]</ref> Anthony's popularity in the Industry portfolio was damaged when rural production was down $450&nbsp;million in 1968 and little change had occurred in the return that farmers were getting for production.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201778428?searchTerm=%22Doug%20Anthony%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc Beverley Times, 2 August 1968]</ref> Anthony worked with Prime Minister [[John Gorton]] to try to create as many economically viable options as possible to deal with the “wheat crisis”. Eventually quotas were introduced to limit production.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/107088606?searchTerm=%22Doug%20Anthony%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc Canberra Times, 15 April 1969]</ref>  When China stopped importing Australian wheat in 1971, Anthony advised against communication with the country, saying it could be “politically and commercially dangerous".<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/250268320?searchTerm=%22Doug%20Anthony%22&searchLimits=sortby=dateAsc Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 11 June 1971]</ref>