Tony Burke MP

Manager of Opposition Business.

Tony Burke MP

Manager of Opposition Business

Member for Watson, New South Wales

(02) 9750 9088

https://www.tonyburke.com.au/

Tony.Burke.MP@aph.gov.au

MINISTER FLETCHER HOLDING UP ARTS FUNDING

TONY BURKE MP

Fri, Aug 7, 2020 8:54 AM

The struggling arts and entertainment sector could be forced to wait until November for emergency funding to start...

Communications and the Arts

VICTORIAN MPS MUST BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENT

ANTHONY ALBANESE MP 

Thu, Aug 6, 2020 7:09 PM

Labor is calling on the Morrison Government to ensure MPs who cannot attend Federal Parliament because of COVID-19...

Government

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCEMENT

TONY BURKE MP

Wed, Aug 5, 2020 12:44 PM

This is another sad day for Australian aviation, Australian workers and regional communities. Labor’s thought...

Transport

MORRISON’S PANDEMIC LEAVE PAYMENT NOT GOOD ENOUGH

TONY BURKE MP

Tue, Aug 4, 2020 5:54 PM

Australia needs a universal paid pandemic leave scheme to protect workers, public health and the national economy....

Employment

PAID PANDEMIC LEAVE DELAY COULD PROVE DEADLY

TONY BURKE MP

Mon, Aug 3, 2020 3:03 PM

Every day the Morrison Government delays on paid pandemic leave puts Australian lives and livelihoods at risk. It h...

Employment

COMMONWEALTH MUST HELP FUND PAID PANDEMIC LEAVE

ANTHONY ALBANESE MP 

Thu, Jul 30, 2020 3:40 PM

The Morrison Government must help fund a universal paid pandemic leave scheme to ensure every Australian worker who...

Employment

STILL NO MONEY FLOWING FOR THE ARTS SECTOR

TONY BURKE MP

Thu, Jul 30, 2020 2:27 PM

It has been five weeks since Scott Morrison announced his much-delayed package for Australia’s arts and entertainme...

Communications and the Arts

MORRISON MUST MOVE NOW ON PAID PANDEMIC LEAVE

TONY BURKE MP

Wed, Jul 29, 2020 4:55 PM

Scott Morrison still doesn’t understand the urgency of introducing paid pandemic leave for Australian workers. This...

Employment

700,000 WORKERS IN INSECURE WORK SACKED BECAUSE OF GAPS IN JOBEEPER

BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP

Thu, Jul 23, 2020 4:34 PM

Hundreds of thousands of casuals have lost their job because of deliberate design issues with the JobKeeper program...

Employment

GOVERNMENT CONFIRMS PLAN TO ATTACK JOB SECURITY

TONY BURKE MP

Thu, Jul 23, 2020 4:12 PM

The Morrison Government has confirmed it plans to use the coronavirus pandemic as cover for an extreme attack on th...

Employment

GETTING PARLIAMENT BACK TO WORK

TONY BURKE MP

Wed, Jul 22, 2020 5:15 PM

House of Representatives Speaker Tony Smith and Senate President Scott Ryan have agreed to Labor’s proposal for a w...

Government

AUSTRALIANS NEED MORRISON TO DO A BETTER JOB AT JOBKEEPER 2.0

JIM CHALMERS MP

Tue, Jul 21, 2020 7:20 PM

Labor is inclined to support the changes being proposed for JobKeeper today and will work through the details of th...

Finance