Wages growth under enterprise agreements show that workers continue to be the ones doing it toughest during the period of high 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

Less than 20% of consultants’ reports to government are published

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.

Wages under enterprise agreements are slowly rising, but remain well below inflation

Losing the low-middle income tax offset and getting the Stage 3 tax cuts will leave most workers worse off

The latest monthly consumer price index figures show that inflation has peaked and is on the way down. 

Once again the gas industry is crying wolf and telling us we need more gas to prevent shortages. But if you read beyond the scare quotes today’s report from Australia’s Energy Market Operator report shows we already have more than enough gas.

Public services massively reduce inequality, but the Stage 3 tax cuts will make it much more difficult to fund them

As approvals for public sector housing hit 2 year lows, the ambition for more public housing needs to be even greater than the government’s 20,000 in 5 years target.

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

Business groups like the ACCI and AI Group say they want higher wages, but their recommendations for minimum wage rises show they rarely want real wages to rise

In defending the Stage 3 tax cuts in parliament, Angus Taylor inadvertently highlighted the real benefits for low-middle income earners comes from Stages 1 and 2.

The latest enterprise agreements figures show small signs of wage growth and once again the benefits of being in a union

In 2020-21 the biggest companies in Australia were able to reduce their taxable income to just 12% of their total income

Wages are rising within the RBA’s target band of inflation but profits are soaring 7 times that rate. And yet the RBA is more concerned with rising wages than profits

The Stage 3 tax cuts are not just unfair, they create a massive hole in the budget

Right now the gas industry is booming, but the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax is not.

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

Australia’s and Norway’s economies both have massively profitable resource industries, but Norwegians receive a much larger and fairer share

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

Taxation data shows which occupations will get the biggest cuts – and how few people work in them

If you wanted to address bracket creep, the Stage 3 tax cuts would be the worst way to do it.