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The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

  • Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP was sworn in as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations on 13 May 2025.

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Thousands of First Nations people to get support to take the next step into work

First Nations people who have had contact with the justice system will be supported to build skills, find secure work and create new opportunities through community-led employment and training…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 11 November 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy

Speech to Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association

I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the lands where we are meeting, the Kaurna people. I pay my respects to their Elders, past and present. 

Release type: Speech

Date: 5 November 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Two years on, Parent Pathways helping parents reach their goals

Parent Pathways is helping thousands of parents and carers across Australia turn their goals into reality.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 2 November 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • The Hon Patrick Gorman MP

Interview with Monique Wright - Sunrise, Channel 7

Topics: Additional staffers offered to lower house politicians; Cost of fuel in Australia.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 30 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Interview with Tom Steinfort, The Today Show, Channel Nine

Topics: Albanese’s grant for Marrickville Golf Club; election funding commitments to electorates.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 28 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Mental Health Month: Albanese Government delivers more mental health support for workers

The Albanese Labor Government is continuing to back Australian workers, delivering an additional $6.9 million over two years to strengthen mental health and suicide prevention support in high-risk…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 22 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • The Hon Emma McBride MP

Occupations in shortage continue to drop

New data shows Australia’s occupations in shortage are continuing to ease, in a sign that the Albanese Government’s targeted investments in skills and workforce participation are strengthening the…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 21 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Skills key to unlocking productivity benefits in Australia

Australia's workforce is adapting, growing and creating new opportunities in the face of economic, technological and demographic change, according to the new Jobs and Skills Report.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 20 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • The Hon Andrew Giles MP

Major employers line up for Whyalla workers’ expertise

More than 600 job opportunities in the Upper Spencer Gulf are being made available by major employers for local workers impacted by administrator KordaMentha’s decision to close the Whyalla…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 18 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • Senator The Hon Tim Ayres
  • The Hon Peter Malinauskas MP
  • The Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP
  • Lawrence Ben MP

Australia's job market remains resilient amid global economic uncertainty

The latest jobs data shows Australia's labour market faced a modest softening in September but remains resilient against the backdrop of ongoing global economic uncertainty. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 15 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP

Interview with Tom Steinfort, The Today Show, Channel Nine

Topics: Bondi Terror Attack Royal Commission; Digital Duty of Care.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 13 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

ACCI Business Leaders' Summit

Good morning. I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands in the ACT. And pay my respects to their Elders, past and present. 

Release type: Speech

Date: 13 October 2026

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP