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FWC rejects bid to pass $40 minimum rise on to apprentices

The FWC's expert panel has refused a union application for adult apprentices and adults on national training wage rates to receive the $40 a week increase awarded to the lowest-paid in the minimum pay review, but will consider the issue in next year's case, while the central bank in its decision to lift interest rates this afternoon has maintained its view that a tighter labour market will "lift" wages.