Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor party will make a submission to the Fair Work Commission for an increase to award rates and minimum wages on Wednesday

Anthony Albanese’s government is set to announce its support a pay rise for three million low paid workers including retail staff, early childhood educators and cleaners.

Labor will make the submission to the Fair Work Commission – Australia’s independent tribunal responsible for setting award rates and minimum wage – on Wednesday. 

The submission urges the independent body to provide ‘an economically sustainable real wage increase’ for Australian workers on award and low income wages. 

The policy does not stipulate a set dollar or per cent increase but is advocating for the Commission to change its current structure on pay increases. 

The current submission is advocating for an increase on real wages – those adjusted for inflation and at the same rate as the cost of living – contrary to Labor’s previous submissions which pushed for real wages not to go backwards.

More to come… 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor party will make a submission to the Fair Work Commission for an increase to award rates and minimum wages on Wednesday

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor party will make a submission to the Fair Work Commission for an increase to award rates and minimum wages on Wednesday 

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