rose by 6.4¢ to $2.11 cents a litre last week, the second-highest level on record, Mr Efrat says he is spending an extra $5000 a month on fuel.in the national minimum wage, which amounts to a rise of $40 a week, and a 4.6 per cent lift for minimum award wages.“You have to think about what can be done immediately. And you can actually benefit from it all by eliminating unnecessary costs. When there is a problem there is often a positive side. Don’t be a punching bag – you have to act fast.
“If costs goes up and revenue stays static that means less care for clients, which would be an incredibly unfortunate result,” Mr Miller told the. “A large chunk of the industry are already running at very thin margins, if not losing money.
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive Andrew McKellar said the wage rise would cost businesses $7.9 billion a year and combined with the 0.5 per cent increase in the“A wage hike on top of surging energy prices, continued supply chain disruptions, growing inflationary pressures, and the most severe labour shortages in 48 years, will hurt small businesses the most,” he said.