Albanese government wants Australians’ wages ‘moving forward’

Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite says the Albanese government wants to keep Australians’ wages “moving forward”. A rise in the national minimum wage could hurt the chance of the RBA cutting interest rates. The Fair Work Commission will meet today for its review. An estimated 2.6 million workers around the country would be affected by the change. “Our submission says that we want Australian workers’ wages to keep moving forward,” Mr Thistlethwaite told Sky News Australia. “For the first time in the last couple of decades, we’ve got real wages increasing in Australia, which means Australians’ incomes are increasing at a greater rate than cost of living.”