Facts ruin Government's minimum wage story

Peter Costello’s rationale for attacking minimum wage families has been blown out of the water by figures demonstrating Australian job growth surging ahead of that in the USA.

Treasurer Costello, the Prime Minister and Workplace Relations Minister, want a brake applied to the minimum wage on the grounds that it costs jobs.

Australian jobs growth three times the rate in USA

Figures released this week show that Australian employment has grown at three times the rate of low-minimum wage countries like the USA.

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