Ua valaau le itutino faa-tina o Iuni a tagata faigaluega i Ausetalia nei, le ACTU, mo se siitaga o le totogi aupito maualalo, minimum wage i se isi $45 i le vaiaso.
Na faaalia e le Labor lo latou lagolagoina o le mau.
E faia lenei valaau a le Australian Council of Trade Unions ae faatoa masina talu ona faatulafonoina e le Komisi, le Fair Work Commission le tipiina o ponesi poo penalty rates a tagata e faigaluega i le Aso Sa.
O le valaau mo le siitaga i le totogi aupito maualalo na faia e le failautusi o le, (ACTU) Sally McManus, i lana lauga i le National Press Club i Canberra analeila....
MCMANUS
"Our minimum wage once led the world. Now, it does not. It has been slipping rapidly down the rankings, and it's barely moved, in real terms, while bills have soared."
O le fuafuaina o totogi e aofia ai le totogi aupito maualalo, le minimum wage, o le matafaioi a le Komisi leThe Fair Work Commission.
O le siitaga lenei i le $45 ua tapa e le ACTU ua fai sina maualuga pe a silasila i lana valaau mo se siitaga i le $30 o le minimua wage i le tausaga talu ai, ae na o le $15 na pasia e le Komisi...
Na saunoa le taitai o le ituagai Bill Shorten, o se tasi na taitaia se Iuni i tausaga ua mavae, o le a lagolago le Labor i le mau a le ACTU....
SHORTEN/TURNBULL
(Shorten:) "Today, Labor is making a submission calling for a fair and responsible increase to the minimum wage. Can the Prime Minister advise whether the Government has made a submission calling for a fair and responsible increase to the minimum wage? And by the way, Prime Minister, do you even know what the minimum wage is?"
(Speaker:) "Prime Minister has the call."
(Turnbull:) "Mr Speaker, it's $672.70 a week, as the Honourable Member would be well aware."
