National minimum wage

The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.75 per cent increase to Australia’s national minimum wage and minimum award wages.

The minimum wage will be increased by 5.2 per cent, lifting the national minimum wage from $20.33 to $21.38 an hour.

Caring work hasn’t been properly valued for a century, in part because it is thought of as women’s work. Labor’s pledge to properly pay care workers is a start.