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.
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.
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.
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.
Address to Ai Group - Industry Meets Canberra
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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.
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…
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.
Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel 7 Sunrise
SUBJECTS: Artificial intelligence; DeepSeek; NSW Transport Minister resignation
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.
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…
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.