The head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Andrew McKellar, says businesses will have to pay an extra $7.9 billion to cover the costs of the decision to lift the minimum wage.
ACTU Secretary Sally McManus, says it's just an extra dollar an hour for some of the lowest paid workers, who carried Australia through the pandemic.

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