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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Factcheck: is Albanese’s backing of a 5.1% minimum wage rise an ‘unprecedented’ intervention?

Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese
At a press conference, Anthony Albanese was asked if he backed a 5.1% minimum wage increase to keep up with inflation, to which he replied: ‘Absolutely.’ Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Labor has been arguing for months that the price of everything has been going up, except your wages.

But the debate over the minimum wage really took off on Tuesday when Anthony Albanese endorsed a specific pay rise: 5.1%, to keep up with inflation.

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