The indexation of HECS/HELP debt this year will leave people earning less than $62,000 with a bigger debt even after their repayments.

The Reserve Bank’s own research showed that raising rates after February would only increase unemployment, not lower inflation

Profits in the mining sector are surging, but output is not – and the increased prices come at a cost to the rest of the economy

By the middle of 2025 the average wage will be worth less in real terms than it was a decade and half earlier

Stronger wage growth in the private sector is good news, but public sector workers continue to be left behind

As the Reserve Bank continues to raise rates, it continues to misread the nature of inflation that is being driven largely by profits.

The rising cost of living and falling real wages has seen the number of people working more than one job surge in the past 2 years.

With public sector wages dragging down wage growth and private sector wages rising slower than expected, it is clear Reserve Bank needs to pause its run of rate rises

The Reserve Bank now predicts real wages will being to recover from the start of next year, but will take many years to recover

The 300 basis point increase in the cash rates has delivered one of the biggest falls in lending ever seen. The risk of a recession to follow cannot be ignored

The average annual wage growth in enterprise agreements not only remains well below inflation, it shows little sigh of increasing.

The past 6 months has seen a record rise in the amount of interest households are having to pay

As wages fail to keep up with inflation a record number of poeple are having to work more than one job to get by

The latest wage rises from enterprise agreements show good improvement, but overall, workers continue to see their wages lag behind inflation

People around Australia have been seeing the advertised prices of rents increasing, now the inflation figures are catching up.

The Government acknowledges the need to get wages growing again, but the budget reveals just how big the task is

The Stage 3 tax cuts will only balance out the tax increase from the end of the low-middle income tax offset for those earning above $97,000

The end of the Low-Middle Income Tax Offset will deliver a tax increase of up to $1,500 for people earning under $90,000 – a 3% tax rise for someone on $50,000

The past 2 years has seen a surge in the number of people working multiple jobs

The lack of workers is the major reason for the flight delays and airport wait-times. People are back travelling, but the air travel workers are not.