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 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.
Standing up for seafarers
The Albanese Government is continuing its work to ensure Australian workers earn more, and keep more of what they earn, with $2.7 million committed to better protect seafarers from wage theft.
ABC News Breakfast
Subjects: Quarterly report on the Australian economy; CFMEU; Australian ambassador in Iran; Russian attack in Ukraine.
Doorstop interview - Sydney
Subjects: Flight Attendants Association of Australia and Qantas agreement on pay rise for cabin crew; workers' rights; Closing Loopholes; Max Chandler-Mather at CFMEU rally; right to work from…
Labor's laws deliver big pay rise for Qantas flight attendants
The Albanese Government welcomes today’s news that over 3,000 Qantas cabin crew will receive improved pay and conditions, through agreements reached between the Flight Attendants Association of…
Press conference - Sydney
Subjects: Landmark applications for gig economy transport workers, worker’s rights; minimum wage rights, CFMEU.
Interview with Patricia Karvelas - ABC RN Breakfast
PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: The embattled Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union - the CFMEU, as it's known - may be facing allegations of corruption and criminal…
Improving the sustainability of international education
The Albanese Government is strengthening the integrity and sustainability of the international education sector.