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Pressure grows for 'living wage'

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Momentum is growing for the minimum wage to be replaced by a so-called “living wage” to ensure no workers are living in poverty, but opinion is split about how to deliver the increase.


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By Rosemary Bolger

Presented by Gode Migerano

Source: SBS



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Momentum is growing for the minimum wage to be replaced by a so-called “living wage” to ensure no workers are living in poverty, but opinion is split about how to deliver the increase.


It could mean a windfall for Australia's lowest paid workers, but the idea has alarmed employers, who are warning of job losses.

But the alarm from employer groups and warnings of job losses could convince other voters to back the Coalition.


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