Thursday, 1 June 2023

Australia news live: Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case fallout; minimum wage rise to be revealed

Greens describe defamation judgment as ‘an important win for fearless journalism in the public interest’. Follow the day’s news live

Good morning! Thanks to Stuart for kicking things off. I’m Natasha May and I’ll be taking you through all the day’s live news until the afternoon.

A bit more on the Fair Work Commission’s increase to the minimum wage:

For modern award minimum wages, we expect a smaller but still substantial nominal increase of five to 5.5%.

We will respect whatever decision the independent umpire makes.

But the Albanese government will always do what we can to support the wages of workers, particularly the lowest-paid workers in our economy.

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