Australian unions are furious at a minimum wage increase granted by the Australian Fair Pay Commission that many union leaders described as "miserly" or "peanuts". While the unions had requested a $28 per week raise in the national minimum wage, the commission granted only a $10.26 increase per week, claiming the increase marked a "significant" step in improving the lives of Australian workers, despite cries from the unions that government had "abandonded" the worker.
See "Unions slam 'miserly' pay increase", Ewin Hannan, The Australian, July 4, 2007