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Three million workers are getting a pay rise. Here’s how it could affect you

About 180,000 people will see their hourly rate increase from $24.10 to $24.95 from July 1, but millions more workers on higher pay will also benefit.

  • Olivia Ireland

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Advertised rents are set to rise by 11.5 per cent this year amid rental supply shortage and strong demand according to Westpac.

Not one room available in WA for those on JobSeeker, youth allowance or disability pension

Anglicare WA’s Rental Affordability Snapshot has painted a grim picture of the housing crisis faced by those on government support.

  • Hamish Hastie
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Albanese lays down challenge for Dutton over wages

Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.

  • David Crowe and Millie Muroi
Three quarters of Australians say their salaries don’t match their performance.

Workers are trying to escape their jobs. This is why

Workers are keen to look for work elsewhere as most do not believe they are paid enough, according to Australia’s largest report on salary trends.

  • Sue White
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.75 per cent increase to the minimum wage.

Minimum wage increase pegged to 3.75 per cent to rein in inflation

Unions have vowed to use the minimum wage rise to push for higher pay in industries dominated by women as the Fair Work Commission announced a review into pay equity.

  • Olivia Ireland
Hairdressers are among those who should be given a 9 per cent pay boost, the ACTU says.

Unions push for 9 per cent pay boost in sectors dominated by women

The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for the significant pay boost to be applied to awards in largely feminised occupations.

  • Angus Thompson
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Oi, old mate, a cafe isn’t a rent-free office. Why don’t you Zoom off?

Cafes are occupied by too many entitled loiterers, for whom $4.50 a coffee is way too cheap. The rest of us are subsidising their Zoom meetings.

  • Malcolm Knox
Wages growth is key to the outlook for interest rates.

Just how much of a pay rise can you expect this year?

The first real wage increases in three years are expected to hit bank accounts this year, easing inflationary pressures in households.

  • Nina Hendy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will spruik his tax cuts to Australians this week.

Dock tax cuts from increase to minimum wage, employers say

The business lobby argues this year’s minimum wage rise should be discounted because of the benefit the government’s tax changes will bring to people on low incomes.

  • Angus Thompson
French farmers block access to a highway in Bayonne, South-western France.

Farmers’ protest turns deadly for mother and daughter ‘defending the profession’

Finding it hard to make ends meet, French farmers and their unions are urging the government to remember that without farmers there is no food on the table.

  • John Leicester

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