Minimum wage in Australia increased to $15.96 p/h

heck whats that in us dollars? man im movin... jus kiddin im retired an used up .... jus kiddin heck ma im jus startin to live thx to my new free energy from , somewhere yet unknown to these ol bones!

The best of both worlds.

But I think they are going to begin to tax online purchases soon.

We've use to buy bike parts overseas, but in the last two years they've opened the parcel and charged us customs. Stupid government.

Don't forget Australia is still looking for workers overseas and they have a preference to hire over Australians themselves.

This could be a shove in that direction.

State of TN had a job fair in Nashville and there were 4 booths from Australian companies...contracting jobs. Just sayin'.

Last Edited by Ripples of Entropy on 06/01/2012 12:20 AM

Whoo Hooooooooooo!!


I am going to be able to save for a packet of fags. Whhooo Hooo!!

AND i am closing shop. i can't afford any more bull shit/

You do realize that increases in the minimum wage cause the unemployment rate to increase right?

I'm sorry your lofty goal in life was minimum wage. So you clean the bathrooms and McDonalds?

Well, thats what you gotta do when your will theoretically earn more than you.

Hardly anyone pays minimum here anyway only really scabby people who mostly employ Asians and Indians

Yep! We know - been there - done that!

Yep! All the untrained jobs are going that way.

Of course you can get a degree here, if you really try, to be a Janitor!!!!


5a: Things is lookin' up!!!

That is more than double US minimum wage. Minimum wage here is nowhere near enough to live off of.

Yes, a wage increase, watch everything go up by that exact same percentage now...

Oh and just one month to go till the Carbon Tax comes in.

Has anyone received the money the government was handing out the other day?

Australian police/welfare state

Yep my grandson did! His parents didn't! Then again he needs it!

Then about 6 months to go before it gets removed

I can see OP understands nothing about economics.

How can small businesses afford to pay those kind of wages?

Look for inflation to go up and employment to go down..

"Minimum wage in Australia increased to $15.96 "

Soooo Breads like 6 bucks a loaf.

Nope $1.95

Great. So now everyone who was making $.01 more than minimum wage up to $15.96 p/h is now also making minimum wage...


Thats the problem with raising minimum wage. Everybody else who was making more than minimum wage doesnt get a raise to adjust their wage to the amount over minimum wage they were making prior to the bump in minimum wage. For example, if minimum wage is $5.00 p/h and Ashely is making $10.00 p/h and minimum wage is bumped up to $10.00 p/h Ashley doesnt get a $5.00 p/h bump in pay to $15.00 p/h. Ashley is now making minimum wage where before Ashley was making $5.00 p/h more than minimum wage. The only thing raising minimum wage does is it makes more people minimum wage earners.

No actually Woolworths wholemeal sliced $1.50 a loaf

Minimum wage was never intended for people to live off of... It was intended for high school kids who work summer jobs.

Oh the lucky country!!!


It sucks not to be us!!!!!!

Thats not bread thats bleached cardboard. Decent bread starts at $3.50

Shut the fuck up!!!! This is a happy thread!!!


What is wrong with you? Do we have to play Advance Australia Fair?

I'm rich, bitch.

Why you laughin?

Sorry. But watch out for the cheap bread. Bromide salts make you [[insert here]]

That's where you're wrong. Inflation employs people.

Sounds great doesn't it?

- until your employer takes out 11% or so for 'your' superfund,

- and then you get to give another third of it to the govt in the form of taxes

and then we pay another 10% at the checkout with a goods & services tax.


The only reason they give us a pay rise is so that they can get more money for themselves!


(I was going to include the stupid carbon tax, but it appears it will be offset by a few direct payments into our bank accounts.)