Pay rise coming for low paid workers

The Fair Work Commission has handed down it's annual decision on the minimum wage Source: AAP

Fair Work Commission ruled the national minimum wage will increase by 5.2 per cent, pointing to the current pressure from soaring inflation.

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That increase is 5.2 per cent, or about an extra dollar an hour.

It means the new wage will be $21.38 an hour, or $812 dollars per week- - that's a weekly rise of 40- dollars.

It impacts more than 180,000 workers.

And for others on the award rate, their pay will increase by 4.6 per cent.

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