Greens Push Labor on Whether New $1,000 per Week Minimum Wage Is Enough

Greens Senator Barbara Pocock argues the 4.75 percent rise isn’t enough as Labor’s Murray Watt acknowledges ongoing inflation issues.

Australian dollar coins and banknotes in Melbourne, Australia on April 4, 2024. AAP Image/Joel Carrett

Labor Minister Murray Watt and Greens Senator Barbara Pocock have failed to see eye-to-eye over the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) 4.75 percent increase to Australia’s minimum wage.

The increase means a minimum wage job in Australia will pay just over $1,000 a week.