Meat processors attack Labor’s small increase in migrant wage floor

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By Leith van Onselen

Australia’s meat processing industry is the latest vested interest to attack Labor’s proposal to increase the minimum annual wage of temporary skilled migrants from $53,900 t0 $65,000:

Australia’s peak post-farmgate meat body has slammed Labor’s election pledge to give workers from overseas an $11,000-a-year pay rise…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.