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The minimum wage in Australia will increase by thirty-five cents to $19.84 per hour, affecting the pay packets of more than 2.2 million people
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- Title
- Minimum wage rise sees industry call for IR changes to be extended
- Authors
- Nick Bonyhady
- Published
- Jun 19 2020
- Word count
- 781 words
I've edited the title, to show the hourly increase.
It's usually thought of as hourly but it's not defined that way. The minimum wage in Australia is not defined as $19.84 per hour, it's defined as $753.80 per working week (and a working week is defined as 38 hours). That's why newspapers report the weekly increase, rather than the hourly increase.