Evening News Bulletin 3 June 2024

Australia's trade unions disappointed by what they see as an insufficient minimum wage boost, The Immigration Minister says the government is taking community safety concerns seriously, Australia have been crowned women's World Sevens Series champions in Madrid.The Immigration Minister says the government is taking community safety concerns seriously.The Australian Council of Trade Unions says the Fair Work Commission should have raised the minimum wage by more.

"A five per cent increase, obviously, would mean that people didn't have to work the crazy hours that they are, and the multiple jobs that they're working at the moment. This is the biggest issue facing low-paid workers. The only way they've got, if they don't get big pay increases, to increase their pay, which they need to to cover all their essentials, is, obviously, to get extra jobs. And so that's putting a lot of pressure on a lot of working Australians.

This direction allowed for some migrants who committed violent crimes to avoid deportation if they had significant ties to Australia.Former Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he won't be trying to win back his old seat of Kooyong at the next federal election. The draft redistribution changes, plus an endorsement from former cabinet colleague Karen Andrews, had fuelled speculation Mr Frydenberg may try and come back."Josh is an outstanding Australian. I hope, at some point, we will see him return to public service. But we have a preselected candidate, the outstanding Amelia Hamer, in the seat of Kooyong. She's campaigning hard. She's taking the fight up the Teal Party's Monique Ryan.

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