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.
Small business exemptions in Closing Loopholes Bill
The Albanese Labor Government is committed to providing support, certainty, and fairness for Australian small businesses.
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.
Albanese Labor Government to criminalise industrial manslaughter
The Albanese Labor Government will make Australian workplaces safer by criminalising industrial manslaughter.
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.
Q&A National Press Club Speech, Closing Loopholes Bill
Speech - National Press Club, Closing the Loopholes Bill
Interview - ABC Radio National Breakfast
Subjects: Closing Loopholes Bill, Voice Referendum.
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.
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.
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.
Transcript - Sky News Afternoon Agenda, 15 August
SUBJECTS: Wage growth, industrial relations legislation, ALP national conference.