“I expect over time, governments will need to shift their wages policies,” Lowe said.Credit:Campaigning in the marginal seat of Chisholm in Melbourne on Wednesday, Labor leader Anthony Albanese reiterated his pledge to legislate a same job, same pay policy and indicated it could extend to outsourced labour hire.
“We know, and the Reserve Bank acknowledges, that public sector wage increases drive broader economic growth. As a major employer, the Morrison government should be using the public sector to drive wages growth,” she said. A promise to grow wages would need to start with one sector, experts say, as the Reserve Bank flags a necessary shift in policy.Labor has previously announced if elected it would scrap the Coalition’s approach to public sector bargaining, including its wages policy.
“Skills ... is a real constraint on our economy. We have around about one and a half million Australians who are either unemployed or want more work. The issue of insecure work is a big one,” he said.
yeah not sure this is going to make us more competitive for exports... expensive salaries is the reason we have no more car industry etc
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albo does not know what he us doing.
Here we go spend spend spend
9 years of LNP: record debt, flat wages, insecure work, rising inflation, unaffordable housing, lies, rorts, scandals, no integrity commission, no action on climate. Time for change. ScottyThePathologicalLiar JoshKeeper interestrates LNPMassiveFail AlboForPM
By how much at at what cost?
last time i did so.. FinancialTimes
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