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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Cait Kellyand Sarah Basford Canales

1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for 2025-26

AI-powered cameras will be installed across the country which can tell if drivers are using their phones. See all the 1 July 2025 changes coming for the new financial year in Australia.
AI-powered cameras will be installed across the country which can tell if drivers are using their phones. See all the 1 July 2025 changes coming for the new financial year in Australia. Photograph: Alan Porritt/AAP

A wage increase for low-paid workers, changes to superannuation and significant reforms to the pension are part of sweeping changes being made on 1 July.

The end of the financial year is typically when state and federal governments change a range of legislation, implementing new policies. This year there is a lot happening so let’s take a look at the big-ticket items.

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