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Alexi Edwards hopes the new minimum standards will provide some level of stability for her and other food delivery workers. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)

New interim minimum standards for food and grocery delivery workers come into effect today, improving conditions on pay and insurance.

It will see workers for platforms such as Uber Eats and DoorDash receive at least $31.30 an hour for engaged time, above the national minimum wage of $26.44.

It comes after the Albanese government introduced gig economy reforms two years ago that gave new powers to the Fair Work Commission.

Gig worker Alexi Edwards spends roughly 40 hours on the road delivering orders every week. At times, she says her pay was as low as $15 an hour.

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From Monday, an Uber or Doordash delivery driver in Australia will earn at least $31.30 an hour – a milestone for gig economy workers who have struggled with low pay and lack of protections for over a decade.

The union hailed its deal with DoorDash and Uber Eats – the two organisations that control most of Australia’s food delivery market – as a “world first”.

Considering Australia’s industrial umpire, the Fair Work Commission, pretty much stuck to the proposed conditions it was handed, are gig economy workers really going to get a better deal? And is the price of your takeaway food about to go up?

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