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The Fair Work Commission decision to increase the minimum wage by 5.2 per cent is a rare bright spot for workers in what has been a terrible decade.

What a wonderful world we live in where a wage rise below inflation will apparently cause greater inflation!

Backing the wage rise shows Labor is on the side of workers at a time when many are doing it tough

The Fair Work Commission has announced a rise in the minimum wage of 5.2% or $40 a week, taking it to $812.60 a week or $21.38 an hour.

The national minimum wage will lift by 5.2%, with the commission noting a ‘sharp increase in the cost of living’

The Fair Work Commission has handed down its decision to raise minimum wage by 5.2 per cent after strong pushes from the Labor Government and workers’ rights groups.Fair Work Commission President Iain Ross announced on Wednesday morning minimum wage will go up from $20.33 to $21.38 an hour, or from $772.60…

The hourly minimum wage will be lifted to $21.38 from July, a 5.2 per cent increase, after the cost of living increased dramatically.

The minimum wage will rise to $21.38 an hour on July 1 after the Fair Work Commission announced a 5.2 per cent increase on Wednesday. 

The national minimum wage will be $812.60 per week, or $21.38 per hour, after a decision by the commission exceeds the government's suggested 5.1 per cent increase.