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Australia has the worlds highest minimum wage
- robocat 7y agoNot sure why they missed New Zealand: minimum wage is $17.70NZD which is $11.97USD Which looks to be more than Australia (and we are not as rich - Australia had immense primary resources). I might be missing something... https://amp.economist.com/asia/2019/07/20/australia-has-the-worlds-highest-minimum-wage https://amp.economist.com/asia/2019/07/20/australia-has-the-...
- zamadatix 7y agoNew Zealand wasn't missed, from the opening paragraph and the first graph in the article: > Australia has long been at the leading edge of minimum wages. The state of Victoria was the second place in the world to introduce a wage floor in 1896, beaten only by New Zealand. What you're probably missing is the second paragraph: > The oecd, a club mainly of rich countries, compares minimum wages around the world by adjusting for inflation and the cost of living, and converting them into American dollars. It's adjusted by more than "convert to USD".