The Fair Work Commission’s Wage Review Panel handed down its 2018/19 minimum wage review on 30 May, awarding a 3% increase in the minimum wage and in modern award rates of pay effective from 1 July 2019 New national minimum wage The national minimum wage (NMW) will increase to $19.49 per hour or $740.80 per week (previously $18.93 per hour or $719.20 per week), a rise of $21.60 per week.