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The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations is a position currently held by Murray Watt in the Albanese ministry since July 2024.
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | |
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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia |
Inaugural holder | Harold Holt (as Minister for Labour and National Service) |
Formation | 28 October 1940 |
Website | ministers |
In the Government of Australia, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
Other bodies in these portfolios include,:[1]
The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Harold Holt | United Australia | Menzies | Minister for Labour and National Service | 28 October 1940 | 29 August 1941 | 344 days | |
Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||||||
2 | Eddie Ward | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 21 September 1943 | 1 year, 349 days | ||
3 | Jack Holloway | 21 September 1943 | 6 July 1945 | 6 years, 89 days | ||||
Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||||||
Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 19 December 1949 | ||||||
(1) | Harold Holt | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 10 December 1958 | 8 years, 356 days | ||
4 | William McMahon | 10 December 1958 | 26 January 1966 | 7 years, 47 days | ||||
5 | Les Bury | Holt | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | 3 years, 290 days | |||
McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||||||
Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 12 November 1969 | ||||||
6 | Billy Snedden | 12 November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | 1 year, 130 days | ||||
McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 22 March 1971 | ||||||
7 | Phillip Lynch | 22 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 258 days | ||||
8 | Lance Barnard1 | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | 14 days | ||
9 | Clyde Cameron | Minister for Labour | 19 December 1972 | 12 June 1974 | 2 years, 169 days | |||
Minister for Labour and Immigration | 12 June 1974 | 6 June 1975 | ||||||
10 | Jim McClelland | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | ||||
11 | Tony Street | Liberal | Fraser | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | 3 years, 24 days | ||
Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations | 22 December 1975 | 5 December 1978 | ||||||
12 | Ian Viner | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs | 5 December 1978 | 6 April 1981 | 2 years, 122 days | |||
13 | Neil Brown | 6 April 1981 | 7 May 1982 | 1 year, 31 days | ||||
14 | Ian Macphee | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | |||
15 | Ralph Willis | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 24 July 1987 | 4 years, 135 days | ||
16 | John Dawkins | Minister for Employment, Education and Training | 24 July 1987 | 20 December 1991 | 4 years, 156 days | |||
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 27 December 1991 | ||||||
17 | Kim Beazley | 27 December 1991 | 23 December 1993 | 1 year, 361 days | ||||
18 | Simon Crean | 23 December 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 79 days | ||||
19 | Amanda Vanstone | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs | 11 March 1996 | 9 October 1997 | 1 year, 212 days | |
20 | David Kemp | 9 October 1997 | 21 October 1998 | 1 year, 12 days | ||||
21 | Peter Reith | Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | |||
22 | Tony Abbott | 30 January 2001 | 26 November 2001 | 2 years, 250 days | ||||
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 26 November 2001 | 7 October 2003 | ||||||
23 | Kevin Andrews | 7 October 2003 | 30 January 2007 | 3 years, 115 days | ||||
24 | Joe Hockey | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 307 days | ||||
25 | Julia Gillard | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | ||
Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 28 June 2010 | ||||||
(18) | Simon Crean | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | 78 days | ||||
26 | Bill Shorten | Labor | Gillard | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 14 December 2011 | 1 July 2013 | 1 year, 199 days | |
27 | Brendan O'Connor | Rudd | Minister for Employment and Minister for Skills and Training | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 79 days | ||
28 | Eric Abetz | Liberal | Abbott | Minister for Employment | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 | ||||||
29 | Michaelia Cash | 21 September 2015 | 20 December 2017 | 2 years, 341 days | ||||
Minister for Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 | 28 August 2018 | ||||||
30 | Kelly O'Dwyer | Morrison | Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations | 28 August 2018 | 11 April 2019 | 226 days | ||
31 | Richard Marles | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Employment | 23 May 2022 | 1 June 2022 | 9 days | |
32 | Tony Burke | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 1 June 2022 | 29 July 2024 | 2 years, 58 days | |||
33 | Murray Watt | 29 July 2024 | Incumbent | 37 days |
Notes
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Workplace Relations, or any of its subsequent titles:[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Tony Street | Liberal | Fraser | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations | 22 December 1975 | 5 December 1978 | 4 years, 358 days | |
Minister for Industrial Relations | 5 December 1978 | 3 November 1980 | ||||||
2 | Andrew Peacock | 3 November 1980 | 16 April 1981 | 164 days | ||||
3 | Ian Viner | 16 April 1981 | 7 May 1982 | 1 year, 21 days | ||||
4 | Ian Macphee | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | |||
5 | Ralph Willis | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Industrial Relations | 24 July 1987 | 2 September 1988 | 1 year, 40 days | |
6 | Peter Morris | 2 September 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 1 year, 214 days | ||||
7 | Peter Cook | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | 2 years, 354 days | ||||
Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||||||
8 | Laurie Brereton | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | 2 years, 353 days | ||||
9 | Peter Reith | Liberal | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 18 July 1997 | 5 years, 211 days | ||
Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business | 18 July 1997 | 21 October 1998 | ||||||
Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | |||||
10 | Tony Abbott | 30 January 2001 | 26 November 2001 | 2 years, 250 days | ||||
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 26 November 2001 | 7 October 2003 | ||||||
11 | Kevin Andrews | 7 October 2003 | 30 January 2007 | 3 years, 115 days | ||||
12 | Joe Hockey | 30 January 2007 | 3 December 2007 | 307 days | ||||
13 | Julia Gillard | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 207 days | ||
Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 28 June 2010 | ||||||
14 | Simon Crean | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | 78 days | ||||
15 | Chris Evans | Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations[3] | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 1 year, 91 days | |||
16 | Bill Shorten | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 14 December 2011 | 1 July 2013 | 1 year, 278 days | |||
Rudd | Minister for Workplace Relations | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | |||||
17 | Kelly O'Dwyer | Liberal | Morrison | Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations | 28 August 2018 | 11 April 2019 | 226 days | |
18 | Christian Porter | Minister for Industrial Relations | 29 May 2019 | 30 March 2021 | 1 year, 305 days | |||
19 | Michaelia Cash | 30 March 2021 | 23 May 2022 | 1 year, 54 days | ||||
20 | Tony Burke | Labor | Albanese | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations | 1 June 2022 | 29 July 2024 | 2 years, 58 days | |
21 | Murray Watt | 29 July 2024 | Incumbent | 37 days |
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Employment Participation, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Clyde Holding | Labor | Hawke | Minister for Employment Services and Youth Affairs | 24 July 1987 | 19 January 1988 | 179 days | |
2 | Peter Duncan | Minister for Employment and Education Services | 19 January 1988 | 4 April 1990 | 2 years, 75 days | |||
3 | Peter Baldwin | 4 April 1990 | 7 May 1990 | 2 years, 354 days | ||||
Keating | Minister for Higher Education and Employment Services | 7 May 1990 | 20 December 1991 | |||||
20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | |||||||
4 | Tony Abbott | Liberal | Howard | Minister for Employment Services | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | |
5 | Mal Brough | 14 February 2001 | 18 July 2004 | 3 years, 155 days | ||||
6 | Fran Bailey | 18 July 2004 | 26 October 2004 | 100 days | ||||
7 | Peter Dutton | Minister for Workforce Participation | 26 October 2004 | 27 January 2006 | 1 year, 93 days | |||
8 | Sharman Stone | 27 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
9 | Brendan O'Connor | Labor | Rudd | Minister for Employment Participation | 3 December 2007 | 9 June 2009 | 1 year, 188 days | |
10 | Mark Arbib | 9 June 2009 | 28 June 2010 | 1 year, 97 days | ||||
Gillard | 28 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||||||
11 | Kate Ellis | Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare | 14 September 2010 | 14 December 2011 | 3 years, 4 days | |||
Minister for Employment Participation | 14 December 2011 | 1 July 2013 | ||||||
Rudd | 1 July 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
12 | Luke Hartsuyker | Nationals | Abbott | Assistant Minister for Employment | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | 2 years, 3 days | |
Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 21 September 2015 |
The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation, or any of its precedent titles:[2]
Order | Minister | Party | Prime Minister | Title | Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
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1 | Zed Seselja | Liberal | Turnbull | Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation | 20 December 2017 | 23 August 2018 | 246 days | |
2 | Andrew Leigh | Labor | Albanese | Assistant Minister for Employment | 31 May 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 96 days |
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