Studio mid-shot of the Hon Amanda Rishworth MP, wearing a red jacket with a white top, black frame glasses and smiling happily at the camera.

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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Albanese Government's skills reforms leading to fewer occupations in shortage

New data from Jobs and Skills Australia has confirmed the actions the Albanese Government is taking to invest in TAFE and training is shrinking skills shortages in Australia.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 17 October 2025

Ministers:

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

Latest data confirms more Australians are working than ever before

New data from the ABS Labour Force Survey shows that more Australians are in work than ever before.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 16 October 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Press Conference, Adelaide

Topics: Labour force data release, death of ADF soldier in Townsville.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 16 October 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Press Conference, Perth

Topics: Public holiday penalty rates; Western Australia’s two additional public holidays; Superannuation changes; Skilled migration

Release type: Transcript

Date: 14 October 2025

Ministers:

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

New federal law will protect Western Australian workers’ conditions on public holidays

Western Australian workers covered by modern awards will have their penalty and overtime rates protected under federal law, including on the state’s two new proposed public holidays.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 14 October 2025

Ministers:

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

Press Conference, Canberra

Topics: Baby Priya’s Bill

Release type: Transcript

Date: 9 October 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Baby Priya’s Bill introduced to Parliament to provide certainty for grieving parents

Parents grieving the loss of a child will have more certainty about their employer-funded paid parental leave entitlements, under a Bill introduced to Federal Parliament today.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 9 October 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Interview with Karl Stefanovic - Channel Nine, Today Show

Topics: Australia-Papua New Guinea defence treaty;

Release type: Transcript

Date: 7 October 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Australian Politics podcast with Josh Butler

Topics: Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood; industrial relations and workplace reforms; employment services system; impact of AI on the future of work.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 26 September 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Press Conference, Adelaide

Topics: Enterprise Bargaining Report for the June quarter

Release type: Transcript

Date: 25 September 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

Record number of employees covered by enterprise agreements as private sector employees benefit from real wage increases

The Albanese Labor Government’s workplace reforms are reinvigorating bargaining with a record 2.8 million Australian workers now covered by enterprise agreements – up from 2.68 million in the…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 25 September 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP

National Employment Services Association 2025 National Conference Melbourne

National Employment Services Association 2025 National Conference Melbourne

Release type: Speech

Date: 24 September 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP