{
  "id": 14036392,
  "title": "Live: Taxpayers fund $630m pay boost for care workers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/live-taxpayers-fund-630m-pay-boost-for-care-workers",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T19:57:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/federal-politics-live-blog-october-13/107257420"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nearly half a million health, disability and community workers will receive a taxpayer-funded wage increase, the government has announced. The new funding, amounting to $630 million, will be directed towards staff at charities and not-for-profits delivering programs and services for the federal government. This announcement is part of a series of pay rises championed by the government at the Fair Work Commission, driven by the need to address gender inequality in pay rates. Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth emphasizes that this initiative represents practical steps in closing the gender pay gap.",
  "summary": "Nearly half a million health, disability and community workers will get a taxpayer-funded top-up to their wages, the government has confirmed. Follow live.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}