Butch what you are talking about has nothing to do with wages. People are not spending money that is not necessary. If the custom was there they would be open, no one will open for no reason. To magically blame wages now, is shortsighted.
There are 120,000 unfilled jobs available in Australia.

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So you are an expert on retail, and the service sector? Funny how all the industry leaders are contradicting you.

The inflexible penalty rates for working on a weekend are the reason that these businesses are not open. Prior to the FWA, it was possible to negotiate with the employees as to the format of their hours, and many preferred to work on the weekends at a premium that was lower than 2x for Sunday, or to come in for less than the minimum 3 hrs.