The push against wage rises has begun again – it’s an argument for Australia’s poorest workers to become poorer

‘The Australian Chamber of Commerce in its generosity thinks the minimum wage and awards should only go up by 2% this year – that would get them back to where they were in 2018.’ Photograph: Wayne Taylor/Getty Images

As we gear up for the annual fight over the minimum wage it was nice to hear the governor of the Reserve Bank last week come out in defence of low-paid workers getting a pay rise.

Business groups and conservative media always seek to spread fear that pay rises for the low paid will cause an outbreak of inflation. So it was good to have someone at the highest level push back against such tosh.