The increase of close to $16 a week is less than the union’s demand for $27 but more than the below-inflation rise business groups had urged
Australia’s lowest paid workers will receive a pay rise of 2.5%, taking the minimum wage to $17.29 an hour.
The decision by the Fair Work Commission takes the minimum wage to $656.90 a week, or just under $34,200 a year. It is an increase of 42c an hour.
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