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Minimum and award wages to rise 3.5 per cent from July (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

In Australia we have a general minimum wage, that is indexed to inflation once a year.

In addition to this, certain industries (e.g. agriculture) have a higher minimum wage amount that we call the award rate. These are also indexed to inflation, so that they always stay a certain amount over base.

Think of it as Minimum Wage+