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Lift the minimum wage and help to close the poverty gap

Almost five million Australians live at or below the poverty line. Even a 4.9 per cent rise would go some way to help those in insecure work.

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A rise in the national minimum wage is needed to keep thousands of Australians out of poverty and social disadvantage.

The submission by the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations, on behalf of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, to the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review makes an appeal for a 4.9 per cent rise in 2024.

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Bishop Michael Kennedy is the Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle and a member of the Bishops Commission for Social Justice, Mission and Service.
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