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Governments haven't always shirked responsibility for our low wages

  • Written by Warwick Smith, Research economist, University of Melbourne
imagePost-war Australia experienced a boom with full employment and falling inequality. State Library of Queensland

For the last four years or so average wages in Australia have barely kept pace with inflation, meaning no real pay rises. And all the while, the government has been betting on the market to improve things.

Treasurer Scott Morrison stated:

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