Labor's living wage is different to the minimum wage. Here's how.
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Labor's living wage is different to the minimum wage. Here's how.

What’s the minimum wage in Australia? $18.93. What’s a living wage? Depends who you ask.

  • byAnna Patty

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Businesses warned of'cascading'wage impacts of a Labor government

Businesses warned of'cascading'wage impacts of a Labor government

Credit Suisse has said if a Shorten government is elected this year,the cost of labour is likely to rise.

  • byAnna Patty
Brendan O'Connor declines to give details on industry bargaining

Brendan O'Connor declines to give details on industry bargaining

Brendan O'Connor has declined to commit to revealing Labor's full industrial relations policy before the federal election,leaving employers and unions in the dark about how far the party will go in reforming the system if it wins government.

  • byDana McCauley
Labor's Brendan O'Connor open to industry-wide bargaining

Labor's Brendan O'Connor open to industry-wide bargaining

Federal Opposition industrial relations spokesman's comments are his strongest to date on Labor's workplace policy leading into the election.

  • byDana McCauley
Penalty rate cut decision looms for club workers

Penalty rate cut decision looms for club workers

As the industrial umpire weighs a push to cut entitlements Labor has vowed to reverse the decision.

  • byAnna Patty
Labor MP Brendan O'Connor's wife dies from cancer

Labor MP Brendan O'Connor's wife dies from cancer

Ms Dack was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012.

  • byAAP
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Labor warns'Mickey Mouse'courses are undermining student visa program

Labor warns'Mickey Mouse'courses are undermining student visa program

Brendan O'Connor says a cap on 500,000 students as a"last resort".

  • byDavid Crowe