ANALYSIS: Why lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless
Back in March, when Australia's official inflation rate was 3.5 per cent, before it had climbed to 5.1 per cent, Victoria recommendedAnd the government of which Morrison was a part wasn't shy about telling employers what to pay.
The commission is perfectly capable of determining what wage rises to grant, after taking into account all submissions. In all but one of the past 10 years, it has grantedWhether it will do that again remains to be seen next month.
Last year, the commission found some households on the minimum wage had disposable incomes below the poverty line, and it was reluctant to see them fall further.
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