Politics With Michelle Grattan
Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts
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- Duration: 0:24:46
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Synopsis
Tony Burke is the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives. One of his first tasks is the government's new submission for the minimum wage case, which will say these workers should not be left behind, as inflation has spiked. If the Fair Work Commission gives a 5.1% rise, in line with inflation, is there a case for it not flowing through to awards, or all awards? "I can't imagine a situation where there was no flow-through at all. The commission always has the capacity to work out how the flow-through might happen." He notes one option floated has been a flat dollar increase so the flow-through happened differently. "The commission will work that through. But certainly there are many awards that are not far from the minimum wage. "And when we talk about the heroes of the pandemic a lot of those people are on those awards. So while the focus has been specifically minimum wage, I tend to use the term low-paid worke