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The Minimum Wage In Australia

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runer,

Who is it that fights for increases in our basic
wage? Think about it.
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 8 March 2019 5:41:18 PM
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Forgot some idiot want to give the dole recipients $75 more, that would be a vote winner for Labor but a disaster for Australian taxpayers.
Posted by Philip S, Friday, 8 March 2019 5:42:30 PM
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Hi Foxy, I have to correct you;

The (New Zealand) Government announced the minimum wage will increase to $17.70 an hour on 1 April 2019 – an increase of $1.20 per hour." That makes it $16.50 now.

Its all in the perception and expectation, should the minimum wage reduce to say $1.50/hour the argument from the Tories could be "I don't know what you are bleating about, you're getting twice as much as the Indian minimum."
Posted by Paul1405, Friday, 8 March 2019 5:45:24 PM
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Think of those on the pension; the minimum wage would be nice.
Posted by Is Mise, Friday, 8 March 2019 6:02:05 PM
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Dear Paul,

Good to hear that NZ has upped the anti.

It would indeed be great if the pension would be raised
here as well.
Posted by Foxy, Friday, 8 March 2019 6:05:36 PM
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Foxy, Paul, it matters not at all what workers would like the minimum wage to be. It really doesn't matter very much what a worker needs to achieve a reasonable standard of living. What matters is what an employer can afford to pay. If the employer can not afford to pay the rate, there will be no job.

What we need to do is continually increase individual productivity, to enable the employer to pay more per hour as he is getting more product per hour. Without this the employer will no longer exist if the wage is increased.

We have seen this with much of our industry, particularly recently with our car industry. When the workforce gets too greedy, without achieving increased productive to pay higher wages, the job disappears.

The case in New Zealand looks very much like a silly lady, with no concept of the requirement of productivity funding any increase in affordable wage, granting an increase that will put a lot of particularly lower paid workers out of work. I will watch with interest.
Posted by Hasbeen, Friday, 8 March 2019 7:55:08 PM
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