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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Greg Jericho

UNBELIEVABLE: Ignore the doomsayers the sky won t fall if australian workers get a pay rise | History Defined

A teacher in a classroom
Australian public-sector wages last year not only all rose well below inflation but also below wages in the private sector. Photograph: Sydney Bourne/Getty Images/Image Source

Occasionally I wonder if I will ever get to see a genuine wages breakout, because in my 30 years of working and 15 years of writing about politics and economics I have yet to see one, despite regular warnings that one is imminent.

The New South Wales election result immediately brought news that unions (and please be sitting down, this will shock you) are going to push the Minns government to give public-sector workers a decent pay rise. I know, unions, what can you do, eh?

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