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The federal government has backed a wage rise for the nation's lowest paid workers in line with inflation, arguing they should not see their real wages go backwards.

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Peak union body demands 7% rise in the minimum wage; Aunty Joy Murphy describes ‘deep offence’ after being barred from welcome ceremony

More than two million workers on minimum and award wages should get a seven per cent pay rise to keep up with the rising cost of living, the ACTU argues.

Minimum hourly rate would rise to $22.88 – or $45,337 a year – if the Fair Work Commission grants the increase

Everyday Australian’s are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living with soaring inflation hurting households’ hip pockets.

A government-ordered review of the Reserve Bank — the first in more than a generation — is expected to ask searching questions of our key financial institution. The leadership of the central bank, the composition of its board, missed targets and broken promises are all elements under examination.

Qantas the latest company to announce record profits, causing anger among some travellers and a Labor senator

Campaigners for women’s rights say findings about intimate partner violence are ‘shocking and appalling’

Australian union leader says the absence of labour market expertise on the RBA board had caused ‘missteps’

Ostensibly Labor's workplace laws are about "getting wages moving", but what it really comes down to is the right for workers to strike.