Budget 2024: Government to Fund Aged Care Worker Pay Increase

Aged care workers in Australia will receive a pay increase in a move announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers during the official federal budget announcement. The government has committed to funding the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase the award wage for direct and indirect aged care workers. Spending is also being allocated to attract nurses and other workers into the aged care industry. The pay increase comes not only as a measure to increase staffing numbers in aged care, but as part of the government’s overall plan to increase the value of the largely female-dominated industry of carer work....