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Minimum wage

June 2024

  • Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom who was killed in an IDF attack in Gaza.

    Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
    Former ADF chief to report on Zomi Frankcom’s Gaza aid convoy death in ‘coming weeks’ – as it happened

    This blog is now closed.

March 2023

  • A cleaner is seen working in a shopping mall in Sydney

    Australian employers say ‘excessive’ minimum wage rise in line with inflation could lead to recession

    Claim comes as Albanese government argues Fair Work Commission should ‘ensure the real wages of Australia’s low-paid workers do not go backwards’

November 2022

  • Aged care worker

    Australia’s aged care workers win 15% pay rise and minister says it’s the ‘first step’

    Fair Work Commission accepts that ‘feminised industries’ such as care work have been ‘historically undervalued’

June 2022

  • Anthony Albanese holds a one dollar coin

    Full Story
    Will your wages rise under Labor?

    Political reporter Paul Karp on how the increase to the minimum wage will affect workers and employers, and Labor’s broader plan for wages

  • Minimum wage increase of 5.2% welcomed by Anthony Albanese - video

    Labor says the era of wages being kept 'deliberately low' is over after Fair Work Commission decision

  • People shop and dine at cafes inside the Queen Victoria Building in Sydney

    Minimum wage decision to be announced after Albanese government calls for rise to match inflation

    Fair Work Commission to hand down review as employers argue for limits on pay increases

May 2022

  • Prime minister Scott Morrison campaigns in Darwin

    Scott Morrison softens language on minimum wage rise amid pressure on cost of living

  • Australian prime minister Scott Morrison during a press conference at the Epping Club in Sydney, in the seat of Bennelong, Australia

    Full Story
    Campaign catchup: will increasing the minimum wage lead to higher inflation?

November 2021

  • A seasonal worker harvests Valencia oranges

    Australian farm workers entitled to minimum wage in major industry shake-up

    Fair Work ruling effectively abolishes piece rates after commission found existing provisions ‘not fit for purpose’

May 2018

  • Protest for higher minimum wage and better work conditions in Melbourne<br>epa06720777 Union workers protest for better pay and more secure jobs in Melbourne, Australia, 09 May 2018. Thousands of workers have blocked off part of Melbourne's central business district (CBD), stating that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull can keep the federal coalition's slated tax cuts for low and middle income workers. The rally is part of a nationwide campaign demanding better work conditions and pay. EPA/JOE CASTRO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

    Small minimum wage rises don't cause job losses, Reserve Bank study finds

  • People on Newstart receive less than $40 per day.

    Quiz: how much do you know about surviving on Newstart?

April 2018

  • Sally McManus

    $50-a-week wage rise would create up to 87,000 jobs, unions say

    Australian Council of Trade Unions says ‘modest and regular wage increases’ will not mean higher jobless rate

March 2018

  • Last Post ceremony War Memorial<br>Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition leader Bill Shorten with Director of the war memorial Brendan Nelson at a last post ceremony at the Australian War memorial in Canberra this evening, Monday 5th February 2018. Photograph by Mike Bowers Guardian Australia

    Shorten a 'craven populist' for pushing minimum wage rise, Turnbull says

    Regulating out of modest wages growth ‘would put a handbrake on job creation’, PM says

November 2017

  • Sally McManus

    Unions seek dramatic pay increases to ensure minimum ‘living wage'

    ACTU secretary Sally McManus signals significant increase in union pay demands from the Fair Work Commission

July 2017

  • A hospitality worker

    Jobs 'black market' underpaying vulnerable workers, audit finds

    Audit of Chinese, Korean and Spanish websites found almost 80% of proposed rates were under minimum award wage

March 2017

  • One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts

    One Nation copies Greens penalty rates plan to embarrass Labor and unions

    The bid has failed to derail Labor’s proposal to protect penalty rates for award workers, which the Senate passed on Thursday
  • Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash during Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

    Michaelia Cash struggles to explain minimum wage claim – audio

    The employment minister fails to justify the government’s claim that low-paid workers are ‘often found’ in wealthy households

    • Michaelia Cash fails to justify claim low-paid workers often in high-income households

    • Minimum wage review should be approached with caution, Turnbull government says

    • ACTU to push for $45-a-week increase in minimum wage, Sally McManus to say

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