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World Service,02 Apr 2016,49 mins

California Agrees Highest Minimum Wage

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Lawmakers in New York State and California agree to the highest levels of minimum wage in America. Saudi Arabia plans a $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund - as a new generation of the royal family steers a challenging new course. In Australia, the Prime Minister suffers a comprehensive defeat on his plan to let the states apply their own income taxes All this with live guest Professor Adrian Hearn, Australian Research Council Fellow in Pacific Studies at the University of Melbourne. (Image: Californian workers. Credit: Getty Images)

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