@abcnewsaus: The new national minimum wage will be $26.44 per hour (up from $24.95), and $1,004.90 per week (up from $948), based on a full-time 38-hour week. The pay increase will begin from July 1. Video by Alicia Barry. #ABCNewsChannel #Business #ABCBusiness #CostOfLiving

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secret_ozzi3
gracie.me_rollin'😛 :
while teens are still making $14 an hour for the exact same work...
2026-06-02 04:18:15
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lord.savior35
Lord Savior :
needs to be $80 an hour to keep up with inflation
2026-06-02 01:38:14
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sandortajkman
sandortajkman :
Then how much tax we have to pay double
2026-07-21 12:14:29
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pip_haigh
pip_haigh :
that $1004.90 is also BEFORE tax ... what a joke
2026-06-02 02:09:38
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pickledtree1915
Serene :
Cool. Now employers will raise the price of goods then
2026-06-02 02:58:17
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elliot_brycker1
Elliot_Brycker1 :
great! now let's make teens get equal pay for the same work!
2026-06-02 12:11:40
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dostoevskycoded
ST.CHROMA :
Woah thats an extra $100 for me per week which means nothing with rent, food, and everything else increasing by the second
2026-06-02 01:44:21
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thatskyeight
thatsky8 :
@Kiera Vallée minimum wage is $26.44.
2026-07-09 02:26:17
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kj176900
Kj :
Yh apprentices still underpaid asf
2026-06-02 02:08:21
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noli_esse_culus01
NoliEsseCulus :
So australia is going to be even more expensive to visit... Got It...
2026-06-03 20:39:21
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mtolivesbotanicals
Joker's Ex :
OH NOW THEY'RE GONNA RAISE THE COST OF EVERYTHING AGAIN...🙄😳
2026-06-02 14:25:18
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pearljamlover367
⋆𝔗𝔞𝔯𝔰𝔥𝔞⋆ :
pay me $40 a hour and i’ll take my job seriously
2026-06-02 12:48:10
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jofallmasterofsome
JDofAllTradesMasterofSome :
While in the US it's 7.35 per hour and if you are in the service industry it can be $3.00 per hr
2026-06-03 00:35:52
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sushimunki
sushimunki :
$7.50/hr in Georgia, USA. We don’t even have healthcare.
2026-06-02 21:56:33
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donovanhefner
Donovan Hefner :
Amazing, that’s the equivalent of $18.99 USD, yet here in the US we still think a minimum wage of $7.25/hr is acceptable.. ($10.10 AUD).
2026-06-02 20:53:25
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mitch_19690
Mitch 🇦🇺 💙 🇵🇭 :
We need tax cuts not pay raises pay raises puts everything up more than the pay increase
2026-06-02 03:14:12
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moey_264
Moey :
More more more tax
2026-06-02 02:54:53
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th4ttguy
OW3N :
Cool, now apprentice wages please👍🏼
2026-06-02 12:43:42
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onenonlyjonah
𝓙🐍 :
$12.50/h for full time teen working at dominos btw
2026-06-02 15:21:46
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reddragan77
Renzy :
It not much of a increase when everything had gone up💀 even bills are being increased
2026-06-02 05:31:13
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dazt1
Daz :
Wages go up prices go up, how does this help, why not give income tax cuts
2026-06-02 02:20:43
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retrobytes.tech
RetroBytes :
None of this matters , the more money you get , the higher the prices get for things to purchase.
2026-06-02 21:32:25
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undonetitle
Brendan :
Yay now inflation will go up 34%
2026-06-02 07:07:28
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tank2missiles
tank2missiles :
Meanwhile in America where the minimum wage is $7.25
2026-06-02 16:46:52
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