Senator the Hon Murray Watt

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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New Chair for Safe Work Australia

Coal mining industry leader Mr Tony Maher has been appointed as the new Chair of Safe Work Australia.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 31 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Small claims procedure review released

The Albanese Government is continuing to ensure workers are getting paid what they are entitled to with the completion of the…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 30 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Ron Wilson - 2SM Breakfast

Subjects: Albanese Government's Same Job Same Pay changes

Release type: Transcript

Date: 28 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Dales Whyte, 4RO Breakfast

SUBJECTS: The Albanese Government’s record $2 billion investment in the Australian-made aluminium industry; Nuclear; Wage theft.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 23 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Same Job Same Pay growing wages for Australian workers

The Albanese Labor Government’s landmark Same Job Same Pay changes are delivering significant wage rises for workers across the economy, by making sure those working as labour hire are not paid…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 17 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Lowest average unemployment in half a century under Labor

Today’s jobs figures show the Albanese Government has the lowest average unemployment of any government in fifty years at the same time as inflation is down and wages are up. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 16 January 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference - Brisbane

SUBJECTS: Jobs data, Bruce Highway funding, Middle East ceasefire, inflation, estimates of the NAIRU, Whyalla job losses, Queensland crime, superannuation.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 16 January 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Jim Chalmers MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Jeremy Jones, ABC Capricornia Breakfast

SUBJECTS: Pay rises for workers; Same Job, Same Pay; labour hire workers; cost of living; federal election.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 15 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Interview with Cathy Van Extel, ABC RN Breakfast

Subjects: happy new year to all Australians, engineered stone import ban, making wage theft illegal, Peter Dutton's opposition to increase wages, Peter Dutton's opposition to important cost-of-living…

Release type: Transcript

Date: 1 January 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Thank you drivers this holiday season

Rideshare and taxi drivers will be working around the clock this holiday season to keep Australians safe and get them where they need to go.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 21 December 2024

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Australians now have the right to disconnect from work this festive period

This summer, for the first time, eligible employees in Australia have a right to disconnect and take their festive break without the pressure of responding to unreasonable contact from their boss…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 20 December 2024

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference, Brisbane

Subjects: treating workers with respect this Christmas; customer aggression towards retail workers; Peter Dutton’s proposed nuclear energy fantasy, MYEFO; 1 million new jobs in Australia; Kyiv…

Release type: Transcript

Date: 19 December 2024

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt