SYDNEY: Australia's independent wage-setting body said on Friday (Jun 2) it would raise the minimum wage by 5.75 per cent from Jul 1, as families grapple with soaring living costs.
Australia's independent wage-setting body said on Friday it would raise the minimum wage by 5.75 per cent from Jul 1, as families grapple with soaring living costs.
"The level of wage increase we have determined is, we consider, the most that can reasonably be justified in the current economic circumstances," said the Commission in a statement.
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