1 July Changes: Minimum Wage, Centrelink Payments, Parental Leave, Road Fines and Everything Else Coming for the 2025-26 Financial Year

1 July changes: minimum wage, Centrelink payments, parental leave, road fines and everything else coming for the 2025-26 financial year

New financial year means improved benefits for the less well off, and cameras that can see drivers using their phonesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA wage increase for low-paid workers, changes to superannuation and significant reforms to the pension are part of sweeping changes being made on 1 July.The end of the financial year is typically when state and federal governments change a range of legislation, implementin…

All the states where minimum wage will rise in July

This summer, Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C. will increase their minimum wage for more than 880,000 workers, collectively