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Mackellar doesn’t want to see ACTU’s call for a 7% increase to the minimum wage implemented because he says small business would be the one hurt by the inflationary effects of the extra $14bn pumped into the economy:
An increase of 7% – which is what the ACTU has been arguing for – would add about $14bn of cost back into the supply chain. It would hurt smaller businesses, the ones that are most vulnerable.
We’ve put forward a submission for a 3.5% increase in the award rates.
On top of that, of course, employees will be getting another 0.5% in superannuation from 1 July this year.
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