Minimum wage
Wage rise tipped to spur greater living costs
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the decision by the Fair Work Commission to award a $40-a-week increase to the minimum wage saying it was a cost of living lifeline.
- by Rachel Clun and Angus Thompson
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Aged care sector calls for government to foot wage rise
The aged care industry says the federal government should pay for the wage increases flowing from the Fair Work Commission’s decision on the minimum wage.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
Opinion
Yes, minimum wage rises can hurt jobs, but not this one
The only path to sustainable real wages growth is a sustained improvement in the productivity of our workforce.
- by Jessica Irvine
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Cost of living
‘Tip over the edge’: 5.2% wage rise hard to absorb, employers argue
Employer groups believe the new minimum wage rate will add further fuel to an economy already at risk of overheating.
- by Jessica Yun
Lowest-paid workers to receive 5.2% wage rise: Fair Work Commission
Australia’s lowest-paid workers will receive $40 extra a week following the Fair Work Commission’s decision to lift the minimum wage.
- by Angus Thompson
Federal politicians awarded 2.75 per cent pay rise
The remuneration tribunal awarded members of parliament the pay rise the day before a decision is due on the minimum wage.
- by Latika Bourke
Opinion
Australian economy
Albanese must stop government malice towards the jobless
Politicians on both sides have been content to pander to the prejudices of voters who are happy to see the unemployed given a hard time. If the new PM is fair dinkum, he must end the mean-mindedness.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Sunday Life
It’s time we started properly valuing the women who care for us
Women employed in the caring sector are at the front line of COVID and often live far from the leafy, affluent suburbs of Melbourne or Sydney.
- by Jamila Rizvi
Labor recommends wage rise for more than 1.3 million Australians
Labor is arguing the wages of Australia’s lowest-paid workers should rise in line with inflation in its highly anticipated submission to the industrial umpire.
- by Angus Thompson
Government’s minimum wage stance should be a one-off: economist
Tim Harcourt also said the government must tread carefully in its submission to the industrial umpire after the treasurer’s sober economic warning this week.
- by Angus Thompson
Labor moves to close gender pay gap amid calls for companies to publish wage data
As Labor argues for higher wages for the lowest-paid workers, Julia Gillard said Australia should revisit the requirements around reporting on gender equality.
- by Angus Thompson and Katina Curtis