Modest minimum wage increase to benefit 1.5 million Australians | Ministers' Media Centre

More than1.5 million low paid Australians will benefit from the Fair Work Commission's decision today to increase minimum wages by a modest 2.6 per cent. In its submission to the independent umpire, the Gillard Government asked the Fair Work Commission to deliver an appropriate increase in minimum wages, reflecting increases in living costs. Minister Shorten said the increase will help low income working households manage cost of living pressures and reflects the increase in the Superannuation Guarantee.

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