$3 an hour prompts minimum wage push for fruit pickers

The federal agriculture minister says some farmers are a “cancer in agriculture that need to be weeded out” after revelations some fruit pickers were paid as little as $3 an hour, prompting a union push to impose a minimum wage on the sector.

Low pay ads target migrant workers

Job advertisements offering below minimum wage have highlighted rampant wage theft from migrant workers in Australia.

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Minimum wage to increase but some workers will have to wait

Australia’s lowest-paid workers are set to get $13 more a week, but the pay rise won’t kick in until next year for some of them.

Australian fashion brands use foreign workers paid 62 cents an hour: report

Paying for essentials like food, housing, healthcare and education should be covered by a basic living wage, but some Australia-based brands aren’t ensuring that for workers making their clothes in foreign countries, a new report says.

Low paid workers get $22.20 pay rise

Australia’s two million lowest paid workers will receive a $22.20 a week pay rise.