Returning now to our top story this hour where the fair work commission has approved wage increases for aged care workers. Pay packets for personal carers, home carers and support services will be boosted by between 6 and 28 per cent.
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00:00 What we know from the Aged Care Royal Commission is that we need to pay our aged care workers
00:07 more in order to keep and retain staff. It is vital that our older Australians get dignity
00:14 and respect in their later years. The workers who look after them deserve respect as well
00:21 and they deserve better pay. So the Government will examine any finding that comes down.
00:28 We have already increased aged care workers' wages by 15% and we will always work with
00:35 our aged care workforce in order to improve the life of people who have looked after this
00:43 country for such a long period of time.
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