The federal government will make submissions to the Fair Work Commission to raise the pay of aged care workers but cannot confirm what the increase would be.
Labor minister Tanya Plibersek said the government would find the extra money needed to fund a wage increase.
"We can't find enough staff to work in aged care. One of the reasons is that ... they can't afford to keep working in aged care because can't pay the bills on 22 bucks an hour."Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said he supported a lift in aged care worker wages. Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said the government's proposed wage increases needed to be reasonable.
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