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> keep people out of poverty

Correction: keep some people out of poverty.

Higher prices -> fewer purchases -> fewer parcels being delivered -> fewer drivers required.

Drivers who were once required but aren't any more aren't pushed away from poverty, but toward it.

You'd have to prove it with numbers. Leaving loopholes like this one open could lead to lowering of wages in many industries, leaving more people below minimum wage, whether more drivers are hired or not.

And that's ignoring the fact people get support when they don't have work. (Yes, Centrelink sucks in many ways, but it exists)

Given the extremely low unemployment that you referenced in another comment, it doesn't look like we have issues with fewer drivers required tbh.

Do you think their should be any minimum wage?

There should be greater opportunities for people to gain marketable skills.

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