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Kick-starting wage growth: what the Commonwealth government could do NOW

Australia’s economy continues to endure historically slow growth in wages and salaries, that is undermining household incomes, consumer spending, and

Estimating wage trends from personal income tax data

New analysis of income tax data confirms a dramatic slowdown in Australian wages in recent years – and the slowdown

The importance of minimum wages to recent Australian wage trends

Tomorrow the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its quarterly Wage Price Index: the most commonly-reported measure of wage growth

April holiday cluster highlights income losses from reduced penalty rates

Many Australians are eagerly anticipating a unique concentration of public holidays in coming days. There is a 10-day period (stretching

Wages, taxes and the budget: how to genuinely improve living standards

This week’s pre-election Commonwealth budget will feature reductions in personal income taxes, as the Coalition government tries to overcome a

Private sector wage growth still in doldrums

New data on private-sector business conditions confirm that wage increases paid in the private sector of Australia’s economy continue to

Exploring the decline in the labour share of GDP

The share of total economic output in Australia that is paid to workers (in the form of wages, salaries, and

Penalty rates and employment: one year later

On 1 July 2018, workers in several retail and hospitality industries will experience a second reduction in the penalty rates

Wages, taxes, and the budget

The Coalition government’s 2018 budget features a plan to cut personal income taxes for many Australians over the next several

Rebuilding the NSW workers compensation system

Workers compensation benefits in New South Wales were dramatically reduced in 2012 by a newly-elected state government, citing an alleged

Inquiry into the BCA commitment to the Senate

The present submission questions the Business Council of Australia’s (BCA) Commitment to increasing investment, employment and wages in the event

NSW workers’ compensation system has ample resources to maintain benefits

The workers’ compensation system in NSW has been dramatically scaled back and restructured since the current state government came to