Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says Labor backs “sustainable and affordable pay rises” amid renewed union campaign for wage rises to match inflation. Follow updates here.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has been asked about union demands, reported inDuring last year’s election campaign, Anthony Albanese said he “absolutely” supported pay rises workers on the minimum wage to match headline inflation, which was then 5.1 per cent.
Now, asked if the union’s reported demand of up to 7 per cent was reasonable, Gallagher said Labor wanted to see low-income workers get “sustainable and affordable pay rises”. She declined to say pay rises should keep pace with inflation. “We, last year, didn’t put a pay figure on it. I think we made the argument that particularly low-paid workers, you know, we wouldn’t want to see them go backwards, but we left it to the commission,” she told ABC RN Breakfast.
Gallagher said the government wanted to see low-income workers get a “good” pay rise, but that the government’s submission to the Fair Work Commission’s the annual wage review would not contain a figure. “We support wage increases, particularly for low-income workers. You’ve seen that since the beginning of this government, you won’t see that change. We will continue to argue for that.”
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