Senator the Hon Murray Watt
- Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
Senator the Hon Murray Watt was sworn in as Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations on 29 July 2024.
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Paid family and domestic violence leave helping workers cope in crisis
An independent statutory review of the Albanese Government’s paid family and domestic violence leave has found the program is succeeding in supporting the financial security of those escaping or…
Interview - ABC RN Breakfast with Patricia Karvelas
PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The Federal Government has today announced a review of one of the Government's major changes to Australia's industrial relations laws.
Independent review of Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act commences
The Albanese Government is fulfilling its commitment to undertake an independent review of its workplace relations reforms, with Emeritus Professor Mark Bray and Professor Alison…
Address to the SDA National Council
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Safer workplaces are better workplaces
National Safe Work Month is now underway, serving as an important opportunity to reflect and address the importance of safe workplace practices right across Australia.
Next steps to ensuring fair pay and conditions for working women
The Albanese Government is supporting an historic review of the undervaluation of wages in feminised industries, in the next step towards reducing the gender pay gap.
Press conference, Canberra
SUBJECTS: More jobs created under the Albanese Government; Net overseas migration; Chris Ellison; CFMEU.
More new jobs created under Labor
An extra 47,500 jobs have been created in the last month, with the Albanese Government continuing to oversee the largest increase in employment in a single parliamentary term in Australia’s…
Accrediting more builders to safely tackle Australia's housing needs
The Government is making it simpler for more builders to get on-site faster, while ensuring their workers’ safety, to help address the nation’s urgent need for more homes.
Address to the National Press Club - Q&A
DAVID CROWE, HOST: Well, thank you very much, Senator Watt, for that address. We have 18 journalists on the list to ask questions so there is plenty of questions on many…
Address to the National Press Club
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Engineered stone importation ban to start January 1
After years of harrowing stories of workers as young as 30 years old suffering and dying from silicosis, the Albanese Government is taking further action to protect workers from this disease.