Shorten to announce Labor's 'living wage' plan but without an amount or timing
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Bill Shorten will unveil on Tuesday a process to have the Fair Work Commission phase in a “living wage”. But he will not say what it should be as a proportion of the median wage, or how long its implementation should take.
The commission would both determine the appropriate wage level and set the implementation period.
Shorten will...
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