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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More jobs and low unemployment under Labor
ABS Labour Force Survey figures released today confirm that a record 14,641,400 Australians are in work and the unemployment rate, at 4.2 per cent, remains historically low.
Review finds Secure Jobs, Better Pay delivering for Australian workers
The final report of the independent panel conducting the statutory review of the Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act has found the Albanese Labor Government’s workplace changes are already…
Interview with Bridget Brennan - ABC News Breakfast
Topics: Productivity Roundtable; National Construction Code; are economy; positive wage growth; algal bloom on SA coastline.
Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel Seven Sunrise
Topics: Australia’s recognition of Palestine; Enterprise Bargaining.
Interview with Tom Connell - Sky News Politics Now
Topics: Four day working week; work from home.
Strongest annual real wages growth in five years
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that annual real wages have now grown for seven consecutive quarters under the Albanese Labor Government.
Interview with Patricia Karvelas - ABC News Afternoon Briefing
Topics: wage growth and productivity; four-day working week proposal; enterprise bargaining; Australia’s recognition of Palestine.
Interview with Karl Stefanovic - Channel Nine, Today Show
Topics: Australia to recognise Palestinian State.
Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel Seven Sunrise
Topics: Australia’s new warships; Israel-Gaza conflict.
National Employers WHS Summit
I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation.
$10 million grant funding to deliver local solutions to meet workforce challenges
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to ensure more people can find work by addressing local employment and community needs through the Local Jobs Program.
Interview with Karl Stefanovic - Channel Nine, Today Show
Topics: Protests in Melbourne; Australia net zero 2050 target; US-Australia trade relations; Wallabies.