Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)
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The Australian Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations is currently the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
The Minister administers this portfolio, as well as her two other portfolios of Minister for Education and Minister for Social Inclusion, through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Other bodies in her portfolio include:
- Comcare
- Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal
- Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency
- Indigenous Business Australia
- National Occupational Health and Safety Commission
- National Workplace Relations Consultative Council
- Workplace Authority
- Remuneration Tribunal
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
- Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority (Seacare Authority)
- Workplace Relations Ministers' Council
[edit] Australian employment ministers
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Holt | United Australia Party | 1940–1941 | Minister for Labour and National Service |
| Eddie Ward | Australian Labor Party | 1941–1943 | |
| Ted Holloway | Australian Labor Party | 1943–1949 | |
| Harold Holt | Liberal Party | 1949–1958 | |
| William McMahon | Liberal Party | 1958–1966 | |
| Les Bury | Liberal Party | 1966–1971 | |
| Billy Snedden | Liberal Party | 1971 | |
| Phillip Lynch | Liberal Party | 1971–1972 | |
| Clyde Cameron | Australian Labor Party | 1972–1974 | Minister for Labour |
| Clyde Cameron | Australian Labor Party | 1974–1975 | Minister for Labour and Immigration |
| James McClelland | Australian Labor Party | 1975 | |
| Tony Street | Liberal Party | 1975 | |
| Tony Street | Liberal Party | 1975–1978 | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations |
| Ian Viner | Liberal Party | 1978–1981 | Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs |
| Neil Brown | Liberal Party | 1981–1982 | |
| Ian Macphee | Liberal Party | 1982–1983 | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations |
| Ralph Willis | Australian Labor Party | 1983–1987 | |
| John Dawkins | Australian Labor Party | 1987–1991 | Minister for Employment, Education and Training |
| Kim Beazley | Australian Labor Party | 1991–1993 | |
| Simon Crean | Australian Labor Party | 1993–1996 | |
| Amanda Vanstone | Liberal Party | 1996–1997 | Minister for Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs |
| David Kemp | Liberal Party | 1997–1998 | |
| Peter Reith | Liberal Party | 1998–2001 | Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business |
| Tony Abbott | Liberal Party | 2001 | |
| Tony Abbott | Liberal Party | 2001–2003 | Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations |
| Kevin Andrews | Liberal Party | 2003–2007 | |
| Joe Hockey | Liberal Party | 2007 | |
| Julia Gillard | Australian Labor Party | 2007– |
[edit] Ministers for industrial relations
| Minister | Party affiliation | Period | Ministerial Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Willis | Australian Labor Party | 1987–1988 | Minister for Industrial Relations |
| Peter Morris | Australian Labor Party | 1988–1990 | |
| Peter Cook | Australian Labor Party | 1990–1993 | |
| Laurie Brereton | Australian Labor Party | 1993–1996 | |
| Peter Reith | Liberal Party | 1996–1997 | |
| Peter Reith | Liberal Party | 1997–1998 | Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business |
