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Minimum wage decision fair compromise but wage gap remains
The Fair Work Commission’s 2026 Annual Wage Review decision is a positive outcome for low-paid workers and their families, writes Bishop Columba Macbeth-Green. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Café where coffee, food and futures are made
A new café with a purpose in Bendigo, Victoria, is set to create vital paid work and training opportunities for people with disability, while serving great coffee to the local community. Source: VMCH.
Bishops welcome decision to raise minimum wage
Australia’s Catholic bishops have welcomed the pay rise for almost three million workers. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Chalmers backs substantial increase to minimum wage
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called on the Coalition not to vote against landmark tax reforms set to be debated later this week, as he backs a substantial increase to the minimum wage. Source: News.com.au.
Government to split job-seeking system into three streams
Australia’s system for helping job seekers into work will be overhauled for the first time in 30 years as the Albanese Government grapples with the best way to assist the country’s growing number of long-term unemployed people. Source: The Age.
Surge in number of young Australians considered ‘unable to work’
The number of working-age Australians relying on welfare payments has surged to almost 1.4 million, as the Albanese Government manages an increasing share of young men and women who are considered unable to work. Source: The Australian.
Employers and governments urged to give young people a fair go
Australians have been urged to use today’s Feast of St Joseph the Worker to reflect on young peoples’ struggle for secure work. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Bishops call for 5 per cent rise in national minimum wage
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has argued for a 5 per cent rise in the national minimum wage. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Coalition claims older Australians being forced to work longer
A record 760,000 Australians aged 65 and over are in the workforce, with the Coalition claiming the figures show older people are being forced to work for longer due to cost-of-living pressures. Source: The Australian.