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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Scrapping wage cap could create nsw budget black hole | History Defined

Labor is promising to scrap the wages cap to stop an exodus of workers from frontline services. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The NSW coalition government has come out swinging, saying a Treasury report shows Labor's plan to give pay rises to public sector workers could carve an $11 billion hole in the budget.

With teachers, nurses and paramedics crying out for better pay, Opposition Leader Chris Minns has promised to scrap the government-imposed limit on public service wages, in a bid to stop a mass exodus of workers from frontline services.

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