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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Interview with Patricia Karvelas – ABC Afternoon Briefing

Subjects: Interest rates; Sydney rail dispute; Secure Jobs, Better Pay review; NZYQ; Federal election.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 17 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Northern Territory welcomes first PALM scheme workers in early childhood education and care sector

Workers from Papua New Guinea (PNG) have been welcomed to Darwin to work and train in the Australian early childhood sector, under a Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme pilot.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 17 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt
  • The Hon Pat Conroy MP

Crackdown on corporate misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee

The Albanese Government will crackdown on corporate misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG), with consultation now underway to ensure the scheme remains as effective as possible.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 17 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt
  • The Hon Stephen Jones MP

One year of Labor's world-leading Closing Loopholes II laws

Today marks one year since the second tranche of the Albanese Government’s world-leading Closing Loopholes legislation passed Federal Parliament.

Release type: Media Release

Date: 12 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Address to Ai Group - Industry Meets Canberra

** Acknowledgements omitted ** 

Release type: Speech

Date: 10 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Doorstop - Parliament House

Subjects: Albanese Government’s Closing Loopholes delivering a safer and fairer road transport industry; Coalition’s taxpayer-funded long lunches; Virgin Airlines CEO; US-China trade; IR policies.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Work progressing to address seafarer wage theft

The Albanese Government’s work to address seafarer wage theft has taken an important step forward, with the signing of an enhanced Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Fair Work Ombudsman…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Catherine King MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Albanese Government's workplace reforms delivering a better road transport industry

The Albanese Labor Government’s world-leading Closing Loopholes reforms are already beginning to create a safer and fairer road transport industry for Australian workers. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt
  • Senator Tony Sheldon

Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel 7 Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Artificial intelligence; DeepSeek; NSW Transport Minister resignation

Release type: Transcript

Date: 5 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Fast-tracked accreditation delivering more builders for the homes we need

The Albanese Government has slashed the time taken to accredit residential builders, to speed up the new homes Australians want and need.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 4 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt
  • The Hon Clare O'Neil MP

Review finds "positive" early changes from Secure Jobs, Better Pay laws

An independent interim review report released today finds the Albanese Government’s Secure Jobs, Better Pay Act is already starting to deliver pay rises for Australian workers, and…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 3 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Two-years of employees receiving paid family and domestic violence leave

Today marks the second-year anniversary of the Albanese Labor Government’s introduction of paid family and domestic violence leave. 

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 1 February 2025

Ministers:

  • The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt