Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.
Workers are keen to look for work elsewhere as most do not believe they are paid enough,according to Australia’s largest report on salary trends.
Unions have vowed to use the minimum wage rise to push for higher pay in industries dominated by women as the Fair Work Commission announced a review into pay equity.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for the significant pay boost to be applied to awards in largely feminised occupations.
Cafes are occupied by too many entitled loiterers,for whom $4.50 a coffee is way too cheap. The rest of us are subsidising their Zoom meetings.
The first real wage increases in three years are expected to hit bank accounts this year,easing inflationary pressures in households.
The business lobby argues this year’s minimum wage rise should be discounted because of the benefit the government’s tax changes will bring to people on low incomes.
Finding it hard to make ends meet,French farmers and their unions are urging the government to remember that without farmers there is no food on the table.
One quarter of weaker growth won’t worry the Reserve Bank,but consumers are weakening,and waking up to the start of a recession would be an unwelcome gift.
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has pleaded for patience with the new government as he faced a hostile reception from health workers during a speech on Labor’s 100th day in office.