‘We're enthusiastic champions of the low paid’: Government to push for minimum wage rise

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor are “enthusiastic champions” of low-paid workers. The Albanese government is pushing to raise the minimum wage in line with inflation for a third straight year. Labor is expected to make its submission to the Fair Work Commission on Thursday this week. “We’ll make a submission on Thursday that the wages of Australia’s lowest paid workers don’t go backwards,” Mr Chalmers told Sky News Australia. “We are enthusiastic champions of the low-paid in our country, and our submission will reflect that. “But our focus this week – indeed every week – is ensuring that Australians can earn more and keep more of what they earn, and our submission will reflect that.”