Wages growth
Talk of interest rate cuts soon is optimistic – here’s why the RBA may decide doing nothing is safer | Greg Jericho
Australians are hurting from rate rises more than anyone. But that doesn’t mean the Reserve Bank is about to start cutting
Greg Jericho
10, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
From dance instructors to boilermakers: Labor says non-compete clauses are holding back wages
Andrew Leigh takes aim at ‘agreements between competitors’ not to poach workers, saying regulating the practice could lead to bigger pay rises
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
03, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM
Youth curfew ‘not the long-term solution’, MP says – as it happened
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Caitlin Cassidy and Jordyn Beazley (earlier)
03, Apr, 2024 @7:06 AM
Business wants pay rises for Australia’s lowest paid workers limited to 2% – but what about executives?
Average pay of top bosses has increased from 17 times average earnings in early 90s to about 55 times now. What about those on minimum wage?
Jonathan Barrett and Peter Hannam
02, Apr, 2024 @2:00 PM
The push against wage rises has begun again – it’s an argument for Australia’s poorest workers to become poorer | Greg Jericho
A 5% rise in award and minimum wages is pretty modest and won’t set fire to inflation or cause interest rates to stay high
Greg Jericho
27, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
King takes aim at Liberals over preselection of women – as it happened
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Natasha May and Amy Remeikis (earlier)
25, Mar, 2024 @7:11 AM
Reserve Bank tipped to hold interest rate but economists split on when cuts will start
Pundits and investors expect the RBA to leave its cash rate unchanged at 4.35% when the board meets on Tuesday
Peter Hannam and Luca Ittimani
18, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM
Australian workers’ productivity drops 3.7% as employment surges and investment slows
Wage growth from higher employment and hours worked without output gains could fan inflation, Productivity Commission warns
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent
29, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Wages are finally on the way up, but there’s a long way to go before workers feel relief | Grogonomics
After three brutal years for households, concerns higher wages would drive up inflation and thus interest rates appear overblown
Greg Jericho
21, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Australia records 4.2% annual wage growth, outstripping inflation for the first time in three years
Treasurer says highest annual growth since 2009 ‘encouraging’ but expresses concern over non-compete clauses for employees
Amy Remeikis
21, Feb, 2024 @5:31 AM
Australia’s employers expect wages to grow faster than inflation in 2024, survey finds
Report says workers can expect to earn 3.7% more by the end of the year, up from 2.6% annual growth expected three months ago
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent
19, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t about the price of groceries. It’s about wealth distribution | John Quiggin
Making goods cheaper isn’t going to fix the fact that income has shifted to the top 10%
John Quiggin
08, Jan, 2024 @12:59 AM
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