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Anthony Albanese will urge the fair work umpire to deliver an “economically sustainable” real wage increase for 2.9m low-paid workers.

Shifting its election campaign focus from health to wages, Labor will on Wednesday release its submission to the Fair Work Commission’s latest annual wages review.

An increase in minimum and award wages should be consistent with inflation returning sustainably to the target band this year, while providing further relief to lower income workers who continue to face cost of living pressures. Labor submits that this outcome is both fair and economically responsible.