The Hon Tony Burke MP

The Hon Tony Burke MP

  • Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
  • Minister for the Arts

The Hon Tony Burke MP was Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 1 June 2022 to 29 July 2024.

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Interview - ABC Insiders with David Speers

Subjects: Closing Loopholes Bill, criminalising wage theft, introducing minimum standards to the gig economy.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 3 September 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Small business exemptions in Closing Loopholes Bill

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to providing support, certainty, and fairness for Australian small businesses.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 3 September 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP
  • The Hon Julie Collins MP

Albanese Labor Government to criminalise wage theft

The Albanese Labor Government is standing up for Australian workers by delivering on our promise to criminalise wage theft across the nation.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 3 September 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Albanese Labor Government to criminalise industrial manslaughter

The Albanese Labor Government will make Australian workplaces safer by criminalising industrial manslaughter.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 2 September 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Supporting first responders in ACT and Commonwealth workplaces

The Albanese Labor Government will make it easier for first responders who develop post-traumatic stress disorder to access workers’ compensation.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 2 September 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Q&A National Press Club Speech, Closing Loopholes Bill

 

Release type: Transcript

Date: 31 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Speech - National Press Club, Closing the Loopholes Bill

 

Release type: Transcript

Date: 31 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Interview - ABC Radio National Breakfast

Subjects: Closing Loopholes Bill, Voice Referendum.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 31 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

World-leading legislation to protect gig workers

The Albanese Labor Government will protect gig workers with world-leading new laws that set minimum workplace standards.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 31 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Speech - Kingsley Laffer Memorial Lecture, the University of Sydney

Subjects: Workplace relations, closing loopholes in the Fair Work Act, Secure Jobs, Better Pay, revitalising enterprise bargaining, Hawke/Keating reforms, family and domestic violence leave.

Release type: Speech

Date: 25 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Stronger Workplace Protections Against Family and Domestic Violence

Workers subjected to family and domestic violence will be given stronger protection against discrimination in the workplace.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 25 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP

Transcript - Sky News Afternoon Agenda, 15 August

SUBJECTS: Wage growth, industrial relations legislation, ALP national conference. 

Release type: Transcript

Date: 15 August 2023

Ministers:

  • The Hon Tony Burke MP