BASIC WAGE
TO FALL IN AUSTRALIA SYDNEY, October. 19
Nearly half a million workers in Australia are expected to lose a shilling a week as a result of a drop in the basic wage, commencing in November. Tlie average new basic wage rate for the six Australian capital cities will be £4 17s. This is the first basic wage drop in Australia since September, 1939. In Sydney the basic wage had risen steadily from £3 18s in July, 1937, to £5 last J'uly. The new Sydney rate is £4 19s which is the highest of all the Austialian cities.
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Grey River Argus, 20 October 1943, Page 5
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