Address to Ai Group - Industry Meets Canberra

** Acknowledgements omitted ** 

Release type: Speech

Date: 10 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Doorstop – CIT Fyshwick Canberra

Subjects: Legislation to make Free TAFE permanent passing the House, impact of Free TAFE on skills shortages, Peter Dutton’s plan to cut Free TAFE

Release type: Transcript

Date: 6 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Labor’s Free TAFE helping thousands in the ACT

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia’s future by investing in training, with new data showing there have been more than 3,700 enrolments across the ACT since the Free TAFE program…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 6 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher
  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • Michael Pettersson MLA
  • Alicia Payne MP

Doorstop - Parliament House

Subjects: Albanese Government’s Closing Loopholes delivering a safer and fairer road transport industry; Coalition’s taxpayer-funded long lunches; Virgin Airlines CEO; US-China trade; IR policies.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Work progressing to address seafarer wage theft

The Albanese Government’s work to address seafarer wage theft has taken an important step forward, with the signing of an enhanced Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Fair Work Ombudsman…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Catherine King MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Albanese Government's workplace reforms delivering a better road transport industry

The Albanese Labor Government’s world-leading Closing Loopholes reforms are already beginning to create a safer and fairer road transport industry for Australian workers. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt
  • Senator Tony Sheldon

Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel 7 Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Artificial intelligence; DeepSeek; NSW Transport Minister resignation

Release type: Transcript

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Fast-tracked accreditation delivering more builders for the homes we need

The Albanese Government has slashed the time taken to accredit residential builders, to speed up the new homes Australians want and need.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 4 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt
  • The Hon Clare O'Neil MP

Review finds "positive" early changes from Secure Jobs, Better Pay laws

An independent interim review report released today finds the Albanese Government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act is already starting to deliver pay rises for Australian workers, and…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 3 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Two-years of employees receiving paid family and domestic violence leave

Today marks the second-year anniversary of the Albanese Labor Government’s introduction of paid family and domestic violence leave. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 1 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Albanese Labor Government building Victoria's future with fee free TAFE

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia’s future by investing in training and apprenticeships, with new data released today showing in Victoria there have been close to 110,000…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 31 January 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Anthony Albanese MP
  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP
  • The Hon Gayle Tierney MP

New Chair for Safe Work Australia

Coal mining industry leader Mr Tony Maher has been appointed as the new Chair of Safe Work Australia.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 31 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

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