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 than neighbours: Partners meet to discuss Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme
Pacific and Timor-Leste heads of mission from Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme participating countries met with the Albanese Labor Government at Parliament House in Canberra today…
Interview with Karl Stefanovic – Channel Nine, Today Show
Topics: Victorian hate speech laws; Port of Darwin; Australian productivity and taxes.
Interview with Monique Wright – Channel Seven, Sunrise
Topics: US-Australia relations; Cancer Council proposing warnings on alcohol; Net zero 2050 target.
Interview with Cathie Schnitzerling - ABC Radio Brisbane Mornings
Topics: Report into the Queensland CFMEU.
Interview with Karl Stefanovic – Channel Nine, Today Show
Topics: Erin Patterson murder trial; Australia-US trade relations; COP.
Interview with Sarah Abo - Channel 9 Today Show
Topics: Superannuation, defence
Real wage increase from today for nearly 3 million workers
Australia’s 2.9 million award workers will continue to feel the impacts of strong and sustainable real wage increases under Labor, from today.
Interview with Sally Sara - ABC Radio National Breakfast
Topics: US tariffs; 1 July real wage increase; Super guarantee; Gambling reform.
Press Conference, Adelaide
Topics: Increase to minimum and award wages; Labor’s protection of penalty rates; Australia’s defence spending.
National Construction Industry Forum Meeting Communique
The tripartite National Construction Industry Forum has today agreed on a process for formal endorsement of the draft ‘Blueprint for the Future’ by no later than September 2025.
New data shows workplace laws delivering real wage increases
Figures released today have revealed a record high number of employees are being covered by federal enterprise bargaining agreements, which produce real wage increases for Australian workers.
Orica decision clarifies operation of coal long service leave scheme
On 15 May 2025, the Full Court of the Federal Court decided Orica’s appeal in Orica Australia Pty Ltd v Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation [2025] FCAFC 65…