The minimum wage panel of Fair Work Australia made the following decisions regarding minimum wages, which are effective on or after 1 July 2012:

(a) To increase the national minimum wage by $17.10 per week. This means an increase from $15.51 per hour ($589.30 per week) to $15.96 per hour ($606.40 per week); and
(b) To increase by 2.9% the hourly modern award minimum rates of pay across the board.