Minister For Employment Participation (Australia)
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The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations is an
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cabinet position which is currently held by Amanda Rishworth following her swearing-in on 13 May 2025 as a result of Anthony Albanese's Labor government being re-elected at the 2025 Australian federal election. In the
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, the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.


Portfolio scope

Other bodies in these portfolios include,: *
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Australian Building and Construction Commission The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) was an independent, statutory authority of the Australian Government, responsible for promoting understanding and enforcing workplace relations compliance in the Australian building and ...
(abolished in 2023) * Comcare *
Fair 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 Austral ...
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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 ...
* Registered Organisations Commission *
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* Workplace Gender Equality Agency


List of ministers for employment

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
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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 ministers for Workplace Relations

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


Former ministerial titles


List of ministers for employment participation

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister for Employment Participation, or any of its precedent titles:


List of assistant ministers

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


References


External links

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