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Big rise in minimum rates needed to support modest living standard: ACTU

Low income workers dependent on the federal minimum wage need a pay rise of between $67 and $180 a week to achieve a reasonable standard of living, according to a university study commissioned by the ACTU to back its 2004 Living Wage claim.

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