OzOne wrote:

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:16:45 -0400, "katysails"
scribbled thusly:

Actually Katie, I'd thought the min wage was $11.80/hr as of May this
year...could be mistaken though.

So what would the poverty level wage for a family of 4 be? (This is the
Human Resource manager asking....just making comparisons....)

Couldn't tell you without doing some research.
Min wage is IIRC somewhere around $440 and again IIRC unemployment
benefit for a single male is around $230..but I'd have to look it up.

Average weekly wage is $950 in the 12 months to Feb this year, a rise
of 5.3%
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1112140.htm

But the _median_ weekly wage is closer to $600, is my guess. I
note with great interest that the Aust. bureau of Statistics only
mentions median income in relation to census figures, last census
was 2001. On a quick scan in the last several minutes, I am
fascinated to find everyone from the ABS to RUpert Murdoch's
newspapers, and governments in between, dodge any comment on
what the median might be.

Clearly, bloated plutocrats like Oz have not only leveraged way
out the average weekly income, they've hidden their tracks well
while doing so!

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