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The price of a 20 liters of fuel crossed the minimum wage in Lebanon for the first time since the eruption of the country's economic crisis. The cost of fuel reached 700,000 Lebanese pounds, or 25 dollars, on Saturday, while minimum wage stands at 675,000 LL. The cost of fuel…

Pastry lovers have been left gobsmacked after learning of a pub sausage roll that costs £7.50, a price tag higher than the national hourly minimum wage in the UK for under 21s

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Labor says the era of "deliberate" low wage policy has come to an end, as it submits its recommendation for a minimum wage rise of at least 5.1 per cent.

Australia's new centre-left Labor government on Friday proposed raising the minimum wage to ease the financial burden on families hit by soaring energy prices and a spike in consumer price inflation.

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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.

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.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have until the end of the week to make a submission on the government's position for a rise to the minimum wage.