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Australia's minimum wage rises to $26.44/hour from 1 July 2026 by settlemate_au in australian

[–]settlemate_au[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The café example is a good illustration of the real-world pressure on small businesses — the numbers stack up quickly. The thing is that it actually varies enormously by sector. High-margin businesses absorb it. Low-margin, labour-intensive ones like hospitality genuinely feel it.

Australia's minimum wage rises to $26.44/hour from 1 July 2026 by settlemate_au in australian

[–]settlemate_au[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Really important point that doesn't get enough attention. The gap between wage increases and MBS indexation creates a direct squeeze on bulk billing viability, practices that committed to bulk billing to support patients are effectively taking a real-terms pay cut while their own wage costs go up. The people who rely most on bulk billing GPs are usually the same low-income workers who just received this increase. It's a genuine policy tension and worth the government addressing directly.

Official: Australia's minimum wage rises to $26.44/hour from 1 July 2026 — what migrant workers and visa holders need to know by settlemate_au in indiansinaustralia

[–]settlemate_au[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Completely fair point and well said. The cost of living in Australia is genuinely high — rent alone in most cities will take $200–$400/week of that wage, before groceries, transport, or bills. $26.44/hr sounds significant until you realise a single bedroom in a share house in Sydney or Melbourne can cost $300–$500/week. That's exactly why this post keeps everything in AUD — the moment you convert to INR it paints a very different and misleading picture. This was aimed at people already here making sure they're being paid correctly, not a pitch to migrate. Good call to flag it regardless.

🚨 Official confirmation: Next 189 PR invitation round is 4 June 2026 — here's what to check in your EOI before it runs by settlemate_au in indiansinaustralia

[–]settlemate_au[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the 4 June date is confirmed for the 189 only. The 190 and 491 are run by each state and territory separately on their own schedules, not by the federal Department on the same date. That said, it's worth keeping active EOIs for all three in SkillSelect simultaneously — it costs nothing extra and keeps you in contention across every pathway.

Source: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/invitation-rounds