Interview with Peter Stefanovic - Sky News

Subjects: Albanese Government’s submission to protect workers’ penalty rates; Citizenship.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 21 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Sally Sara- ABC RN Breakfast

Subjects: Albanese Government’s submission to protect workers’ penalty rates; general retail industry award; tax system; investment in young Australians.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 21 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with James Glenday - ABC News Breakfast

Subjects: Albanese Government’s submission to protect workers’ penalty rates, interest rate cuts, jobs figures, Ukraine

Release type: Transcript

Date: 21 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

More Australians in a job than ever before

Today’s jobs numbers for January show the number of employed people in Australia reaching a record high of 14,634,300, with 64.6 per cent of the working age population now in a job and the…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 20 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference, Melbourne

MURRAY WATT, MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS: Well, thanks very much for joining me outside the MCG here in Melbourne today.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 20 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference, Brisbane

SUBJECTS: Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut, real wages growth, Future Made in Australia.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 19 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Five quarters of annual real wage growth under Labor

New data released by the ABS today shows that real wages have now grown for five consecutive quarters under the Albanese Labor Government.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 19 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel 7 Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Federal election; Interest rate cut; Sydney rail dispute; PM wedding.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 19 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference, Hobart

Subjects: TAFE assistance in Tasmania, renewable energy, tertiary education.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 18 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Appointment of inaugural Family and Injured Workers Advisory Committee

Members have now been appointed to the inaugural Family and Injured Workers Advisory Committee, giving bereaved families and seriously injured workers and their families a voice on workplace…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 18 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Patricia Karvelas – ABC Afternoon Briefing

Subjects: Interest rates; Sydney rail dispute; Secure Jobs, Better Pay review; NZYQ; Federal election.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 17 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference, Burnie TasTAFE campus

Subjects: Centre of Excellence at TasTAFE, new accommodation at TasTAFE, investment into clean energy.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 17 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

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