Fair Work Commission

Introduction

In its July 2007 Minimum Wage Decision, the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) increased the standard Federal Minimum Wage (FMW) and all Australian Pay and Classification Scales (Pay Scales) up to $700 a week by $10.26 per week. Raising the standard FMW to $13.74 per hour.

The AFPC also increased all Pay Scales paying $700 a week and above by $5.32 per week. Both increases applied from the first full pay period on or after 1 October 2007.

Decisions

• Wage-Setting Decision No 8/2007 (PDF 5.87 MB)
• Wage-Setting Decision No 7/2007 (PDF 912 KB)
• Wage-Setting Decision No 6/2007 (PDF 218 KB)
• Wage-Setting Decision No 5/2007 (PDF 1 MB)
• Wage-Setting Decisions Nos 2/2007, 3/2007, 4/2007 and Reasons for Decisions July 2007 (PDF 1.43 MB)
• Wage-Setting Decision No 1/2007 (PDF 416 KB)

Submissions

• Aged & Community Services SA & NT Incorporated (PDF 290 KB)
• Association of Competitive Employment (PDF 133 KB)
• Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists & Managers Australia (APESMA) (PDF 218 KB)
• Australian Business Industrial (PDF 525 KB)
• Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER) (PDF 160 KB)
• Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) (PDF 3.6 MB)
• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (PDF 632 KB)
• Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU):
  • Submission (PDF 749 KB)
  • Post budget submission (PDF 554 KB)
• Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) (PDF 52 KB)
• Australian Government:
  • Submission (PDF 526 KB)
  • Post budget submission (PDF 403 KB)
• Australian Hotels Association (PDF 96 KB)
• Australian Industry Group (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Australian Retailers Association (PDF 163 KB)
• Australian Services Union NSW & ACT (PDF 57 KB)
• Australian Workers' Union (PDF 151 KB)
• Australian Workers' Union West Australian Branch (AWU) (PDF 697 KB)
• Australian Young Christian Workers (PDF 53 KB)
• Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing & Kindred Industries Union (AMWU) (PDF 690 KB)
• Baking Industry Association of Queensland - Union of Employers (PDF 119 KB)
• BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd:
  • BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd submission (PDF 488 KB)
  • Annexure 1 (PDF 2.5 MB)
  • Annexure 2 (PDF 782 KB)
• Buckroyd, J (PDF 23 KB)
• Bus & Coach Association (NSW) Incorporated (PDF 82 KB)
• Business SA:
  • Submission (PDF 246 KB)
  • Attachment A (PDF 14.2 MB)
  • Attachment B (PDF 4.5 MB)
  • Attachment C & D (PDF 1.9 MB)
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (PDF 613 KB)
• Child Care Centres Association of Victoria Incorporated (PDF 87 KB)
• Child Care National Association, Australian Childcare Centres Association (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Childcare Associations Australia (PDF 41 KB)
• ClubsAustralia National (PDF 15 KB)
• Coleman, D. (PDF 32 KB)
• Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy Union - Mining and Energy Division (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Employers First(PDF 972 KB)
• Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) (PDF 396 KB)
• Gardchek Services Pty Ltd (PDF 16 KB)
• Gillespie Consulting Services Pty Ltd (PDF 900 KB)
• Harfield, D. (PDF 56 KB)
• Housing Industry Association (PDF 172 KB)
• Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) (PDF 78 KB)
• Intellectual Disability Rights Service (PDF 36 KB)
• Jobs Australia (PDF 104 KB)
• Joint Labor Governments (Vic, SA, WA, Tas, ACT & NT) (PDF 1.8 MB)
• Liquor, Hospitality & Miscellaneous Union (LHMU) (PDF 50 KB)
• LHMU members employed at Helping Hand SA (PDF 108 KB)
• Livingstones Australia (PDF 143 KB)
• Local Government & Shires Association of NSW (LGSA) (PDF 83 KB)
• Marshall, B. (PDF 266 KB)
• Master Builders Australia Incorporated (PDF 435 KB)
• National Disability Services (formerly ACROD):
  • Submission (PDF 188 KB)
  • Attachment (PDF 2.1 MB)
• National Farmers' Federation (NFF):
  • Submission (PDF 304 KB)
  • Supplementary submission  (PDF 186 KB)
• National Retail Association (PDF 135 KB)
• New South Wales Government (PDF 1.5 MB)
• Perin, R. (PDF 16 KB)
• Queensland Government (PDF 193 KB)
• Restaurant & Catering Australia (PDF 244 KB)
• South Australian Council of Social Service (PDF 126 KB)
• South Australian Wine Industry Association Incorporated (PDF 5.4 MB)
• Transport Workers Union Western Australia (TWU) (PDF 46 KB)
• UnionsWA (PDF 232 KB)
• Women in Social & Economic Research (WISER) - Curtin Business School (PDF 189 KB)
• Women's Electoral Lobby Australia & National Pay Equity Coalition (PDF 113 KB)
• Worksight Pty Ltd (PDF 513 KB)

Research

• A Strategy for Monitoring the Micro-Economic and Social Impacts of the Australian Fair Pay Commission (NILS) (PDF 467 KB)
• Characteristics of minimum wage employees – revised May 2007 (Melbourne Institute) (PDF 650 KB)
• Monitoring Strategy for Wage-Setting Decisions (Access Economics) (PDF 820 KB)
• Report on Targeted Focus Group Public Consultations for the Australian Fair Pay Commission's 2007 Minimum Wage Review (TNS Social Research) (PDF 820 KB)