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Anthony Albanese narrows scope of pledge to support 5.1% pay rise to match inflation

Labor leader says stance only relates to those on minimum wage of $20.33 an hour and is conditional on industrial tribunal ordering increase

The Guardian - AU

Morrison stance on minimum wages branded ‘hypocrisy’ as student loans remain indexed at inflation rate

National Union of Students says the Liberal’s position on minimum pay increases is at odds with automatic indexing of student loans to CPI

The Guardian - AU

Albanese Declared Winner Of Final Leaders’ Debate After Morrison Praised Him For Being … Poor?

Anthony Albanese has been declared the winner of the third and final leaders’ debate of the election campaign but we can't get our hopes up.

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Australia's #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history

Australia's mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment scandals stretching from the arid Outback to Parliament House.

Reuters

Leaders' debate: Albanese wins final debate, Morrison confirms Tudge will re-enter cabinet if re-elected

Anthony Albanese wins the third leaders' debate which saw he and Scott Morrison cover well-trodden issues, but also the Prime Minister confirm Alan Tudge will return to the frontbench if the Coalition is re-elected.

ABC News

Albanese wins final election debate over Morrison, according to Seven’s undecided voters

Potential wage rises dominate early part of discussion, with PM suggesting a 5% increase could see small businesses fold and jobs lost

The Guardian - AU

‘Over-the-top alarmism’: economists dismiss concerns wage rises cause inflation

Australia’s minimum wage is shrinking compared to median pay, bucking global trends

The Guardian - AU

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Factcheck: is Albanese’s backing of a 5.1% minimum wage rise an ‘unprecedented’ intervention?

Government claims Labor leader is improperly interfering with independent process, but it wouldn’t be the first time a precise number was proposed

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison says Anthony Albanese's 5.1 per cent pay rise intervention would send interest rates spiralling

The Prime Minister says Anthony Albanese's push for wages to keep pace with inflation is "reckless", but Labor says the alternative is for people's pay to go backwards.

ABC News

Calls to end low wage 'design feature'

Labour market experts are calling for wages to grow faster than four per cent a year to rebalance productivity, inflation and incomes but employers are fearful.

AAP

Federal election: ABC's political experts answer your burning election questions

Patricia Karvelas, Antony Green and Andrew Probyn joined the blog to answer your questions, as the wage debate heats up on the campaign trail.

ABC News

Industry warns ’small business can’t afford it’ after Albanese backs 5.1% minimum wage rise

Employers argue that excessive minimum pay increases will fuel inflation as unions call for ‘incredibly reasonable’ boost to meet cost of living pressures

The Guardian - AU

SA aged care workers use day off to rally for better work conditions after strike action delayed until after federal election

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.

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Election 2022: Anthony Albanese backs 5.1% minimum wage rise to keep pace with inflation

Labor leader says he ‘absolutely’ supports increase, after earlier declining to commit to figure pushed by unions

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Overwhelming support for federal government to pay for aged care wage increase, Vote Compass shows

Aged care worker Carlton Williams also has a hospitality job to makes ends meet — and says he gets "paid more to pour drinks and wait tables" than to "look after someone's life".

The Guardian - AU

ACTU urges Morrison to discipline wage panel member over ‘extraordinary’ public comments

Mark Wooden reportedly said Labor was playing ‘political games’ by saying it would lift wages

AAP

Labor focuses on wages but avoids target

Anthony Albanese has used a Labour Day march to spruik his plan for stronger wages under Labor to thousands of unionists in Brisbane.

The Conversation

Albanese pledges to make gender pay equity a Fair Work Act objective

Anthony Albanese has pledged a Labor government would make gender pay equity an objective of the Fair Work Act and strengthen the Fair Work Commission’s powers to order pay rises for workers in low paid industries dominated by women.

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Aged care: What the major parties are promising this election

Aged care worker Glen O'Driscoll says staff are overworked and worn out. The Coalition has promised billions since the royal commission, but Labor is making aged care an election issue.

AAP

Aged care workers bid for higher wages

Australia's aged care workers are underpaid compared to someone working at Bunnings or at a pub, the Fair Work Commission has been told.

ABC News

A Fair Work Commission decision means 'big changes' are coming to home care from July 1

A Fair Work Commission decision to give part-time carers a minimum shift of two hours could have big consequences for people who use home care packages.

The Guardian - AU

Aged care workers across Australia vote to take industrial action

Union says vote overwhelmingly supports action that could include strikes and is likely to occur before federal election

The Guardian - AU

Victorian government calls for paid family violence leave for all workers

Take up of entitlement small, but the benefits are ‘far outweighing’ costs to businesses, academic says

ABC News

Fruit and veg pickers' minimum wage arrives this month and then we'll see the true cost of food

From April 28, changes to the Horticulture Award mean that farm workers typically paid according to how much produce they pick or pack must be guaranteed a minimum hourly rate.

AAP

Thousands yet to receive aged care bonus

More than half of all eligible aged care workers have yet to receive their first cash bonus from the federal government.

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