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New govt backs pay rise in wage submission

The minimum wage should be set at a rate which ensures low-paid workers' incomes do not go backwards, the government has argued to the Fair Work Commission.

AAP · Jun 2, 2022

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts

Tony Burke is the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2022

There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless – it’s what low earners need

'Reckless and dangerous': Anthony Albanese is preparing to ask the Fair Work Commission to grant a wage rise big enough to cover inflation.

The New Daily · May 24, 2022

Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless – it's what low earners need

Stand by for something “reckless and dangerous”.

The Conversation · May 24, 2022

Wages and women top Albanese's IR agenda: the big question is how Labor keeps its promises

Industrial relations issues were front and centre when federal Labor last won office from opposition in 2007. The backlash against John Howard’s “Work Choices” reforms cost both his government and his own seat. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard’s detailed “Forward with Fairness” policy provided a blueprint for the Fair Work…

The Conversation · May 24, 2022

What happens when Pat’s carer doesn’t arrive? Her daughter can’t even get her to the bathroom

A shortage of workers within the aged care industry has left a 68-year-old Queensland woman unable to even help her mother to the toilet when there is no one to fill her carer's shift.

ABC News · May 19, 2022

Libs won't back 'artificial' wage figure

Employment Minister Stuart Robert won't reveal whether he would support the minimum wage to rise at the pace of inflation following dismal wages figures.

AAP · May 18, 2022

Are real wages falling? Here's the evidence

You would be forgiven for being unsure about whether the buying power of wages was rising or falling. On one hand, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says wages are going backwards.

The Conversation · May 17, 2022

Coalition remains non-committal on paid domestic violence leave after Fair Work Commission backs the entitlement for millions

The Coalition is remaining non-committal about legislating 10 days' paid family and domestic violence leave for all workers, after the industrial umpire backed a union push to grant the entitlement to millions of Australians.

ABC News · May 17, 2022