• Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland
• Minister for the Environment and Water (since 13 May 2025)
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2016 — Federal election
• Email me whenever Murray Watt speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Numbers
• Register of Interests

Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (2 Jul 2026)

“The Albanese Labor government has consistently advocated for wage rises, and that certainty is good for workers and good for business. But what isn't certain is what version of the Liberal Party will turn up in five weeks time when we come back. After knifing Sussan Ley when she was at 18 per cent, the new leadership team of Mr Taylor and Senator Hume have dragged the Liberal's vote down to...”

Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (2 Jul 2026)

“It's good to see that Mr Taylor's still got one supporter in the Liberal Party. I'm sure that problem will all be fixed once the member for Lindsay's Liberal rebrand is finished. But what brand will the Liberals come back from the winter recess with? Will they stick with brand Taylor with his new Driza-Bone and Akubra fresh out of the packet and his best Yellowstone impersonation but without...”

Questions without Notice: Wages and Salaries (2 Jul 2026)

“We know that enterprise agreements continue to be a key source of wages growth for Australian workers. Under the coalition, enterprise bargaining had crashed, and that was of course part of its deliberate strategy of keeping wages low. Well, under Labor, enterprise bargaining is back. If we look at the latest ABS wages data, we saw a solid 3.2 per cent annual wages growth in the private...”

More of Murray Watt's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, Senators may do other things not currently covered by this site. (More about this)

• Has spoken in 85 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 1 comment on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
• 6 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Murray Watt speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1303 times in debates — well above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)

Murray Watt's latest interest statementLast updated: 18 May 2026