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The Honourable

Inaugural holder
  
Harold Holt

Minister for Employment (Australia)

Appointer
  
Governor-General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Australia

Formation
  
28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)

The Australian Minister for Employment is Senator the Hon. Michaelia Cash.

Contents

In the Government of Australia, the ministers administer these portfolios through the Department of Employment.

Portfolio scope

Other bodies in these portfolios include:

  • Comcare
  • Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal
  • Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
  • Fair Work Building & Construction
  • Fair Work Ombudsman
  • Indigenous Business Australia
  • National Occupational Health and Safety Commission - became ASCC the SWA
  • National Workplace Relations Consultative Council
  • Remuneration Tribunal
  • Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
  • Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority (Seacare Authority)
  • Workplace Authority
  • Workplace Relations Ministers' Council

    • List of ministers for employment

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

    Notes

    1 Barnard was part of a two-man ministry that comprised Barnard and Gough Whitlam for fourteen days until the full ministry was commissioned. 2 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 employment

    The following individuals have been appointed as Assistant Minister for Employment, 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

    Minister for Employment (Australia) Wikipedia
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