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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More Australians in a job than ever before

Today’s jobs numbers for January show the number of employed people in Australia reaching a record high of 14,634,300, with 64.6 per cent of the working age population now in a job and the…

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 20 February 2025

Ministers:

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

Press conference, Melbourne

MURRAY WATT, MINISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS: Well, thanks very much for joining me outside the MCG here in Melbourne today.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 20 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Press conference, Brisbane

SUBJECTS: Reserve Bank of Australia rate cut, real wages growth, Future Made in Australia.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 19 February 2025

Ministers:

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

Five quarters of annual real wage growth under Labor

New data released by the ABS today shows that real wages have now grown for five consecutive quarters under the Albanese Labor Government.

Release type: Joint Media Release

Date: 19 February 2025

Ministers:

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

Interview with Natalie Barr - Channel 7 Sunrise

SUBJECTS: Federal election; Interest rate cut; Sydney rail dispute; PM wedding.

Release type: Transcript

Date: 19 February 2025

Ministers:

  • Senator the Hon Murray Watt

Appointment of inaugural Family and Injured Workers Advisory Committee

Members have now been appointed to the inaugural Family and Injured Workers Advisory Committee, giving bereaved families and seriously injured workers and their families a voice on workplace…

Release type: Media Release

Date: 18 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

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