If the PM wants wage rises, he should start with the 1.6 million people on state payrolls
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
If Prime Minister Anthony Albanese really wants to boost wage growth, there’s a simple way to do it.
And if he did that one simple thing, analysis prepared for The Conversation shows some of our most trusted but least well-paid workers – teachers and nurses – could be among the wage winners.
During the election campaign, the Labor...
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