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The U.S. has a $7.25 minimum wage. Australia’s is $16.88
Minimum wage advocates love to point to Australia’s $16.88 an hour minimum as evidence that a very high wage floor needn’t stifle a country’s growth. After all, Australia hasn’t had a recession in 20 years. But Australia is hardly an outlier. Most developed countries have a higher minimum wage than we do
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Everything is also more expensive in Australia.
I can confirm this
Left out of this article is the exception for younger Aussies. The minimum wage quoted here is for adult workers. Those at sixteen fare not much better than here. As previous comments have indicated one must take cost of living in account. Buy a beer in Australia,....mate.