Minimum wage increased by 3 per cent

NEWS: The Fair Work Commission has decided on a 3 per cent increase in the national minimum wage from 1 July.

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Australia's lowest paid workers will get a $21.60 a week pay rise.

The national minimum wage will rise by 3 per cent to $740.80 a week from 1 July, the Fair Work Commission announced on Thursday.

Unions had been calling for a 6 per cent rise, about $43 a week, while business groups were banking on a more modest increase of up to 2 per cent.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News .


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Published 30 May 2019 12:28pm
By SBS News
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: SBS News, AAP


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