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The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations is a position currently held by
Tony Burke Anthony Stephen Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the House, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts since 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP ...
in the Albanese ministry since 1 June 2022, following the Australian federal election in 2022. In the
Government of Australia The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government, is the national government of Australia, a federalism, federal parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. Like other Westminster system, Westminster-sty ...
, the minister administers this portfolio through the
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (also called DEWR) is an Government of Australia, Australian government Government department, department formed on 1 July 2022. History The department was formed by way of an Machinery of ...
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Portfolio scope

Other bodies in these portfolios include,: *
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Australian Building and Construction Commission The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is an independent, statutory authority of the Australian Government, responsible for promoting understanding and enforcing workplace relations compliance in the Australian building and co ...
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Comcare Comcare is a statutory authority of the Australian Federal Government established under the ''Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act'' 1988Fair Work Commission The Fair Work Commission (FWC), until 2013 known as Fair Work Australia (FWA), is the Australian industrial relations tribunal created by the ''Fair Work Act 2009'' as part of the Rudd Government's reforms to industrial relations in Australia ...
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Fair Work Ombudsman The Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) (or formally, the Office of the Fair Work Ombudsman), is an independent statutory agency of the Government of Australia that serves as the central point of contact for free advice and information on the Australian ...
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Registered Organisations Commission The Registered Organisations Commission (ROC) is an independent, statutory authority of the Australian Government, responsible for the regulation and education of registered organisations (that is, trade unions and employer organisations) in Aust ...
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Safe Work Australia Safe Work Australia is an Australian Government statutory agency established in 2009 under the Safe Work Australia Act 2008. Their primary responsibility is to improve work health and safety and workers’ compensation arrangements across Austra ...
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Workplace Gender Equality Agency The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) is an Australian Government statutory agency responsible for promoting and improving gender equality in Australian workplaces. The agency was created by the ''Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012'' and ...


List of Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

The following individuals have been appointed as the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, or any of its precedent titles: Notes : Barnard was part of a two-man ministry that comprised Barnard and
Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the he ...
for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned. : Despite the First Rudd ministry ending on 24 June 2010, Gillard was Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations for four days in her first ministry, between 24 June and 28 June 2010, when the revised ministry was commissioned.


List of Assistant Ministers for Science, Jobs and Innovation

The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Science, Jobs and Innovation, or any of its precedent titles:


List of Ministers for Industrial Relations

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Industrial Relations, or any of its subsequent titles:


References


External links

* {{Australian federal ministerial portfolios Employment and Workplace Relations Employment in Australia