Some recent strong wage growth in enterprise agreements bodes well for workers

In the past year the number of people working more than one job has risen 7%.

The three months to June saw one the biggest ever falls in the government’s measure of well-being.

We have now had two consecutive quarters of GDP per capita falling – hardly the soft landing the RBA wants.

The latest quarterly greenhouse gas emissions survey shows that Australia is heading in the wrong direction – and that needs calling out.

The average wage growth in enterprise agreements shows that workers continue to see their real wages fall.

Australia’s population is set to age, but that does not mean we need to go without – we just need to be honest about paying for it.

The forecast of productivity growth in the Intergenerational Report is not all doom and gloom – but it will be if workers continue to receive less than their fair share of the benefits

While overall wages grew in line with inflation in the June quarter for workers in most industries real wages are still going backwards.

It is now 3 years since real wages have increased

The latest figures of wage growth in enterprise agreements show that wages continue to grow by much less than inflation

Employers says wages should rise in line with productivity, but they do all they can to prevent that happening.

The Reserve Bank should keep rates on hold as the biggest drivers of service prices will not be affected by interest rate rises.

Inflation is coming down fast so we should now shift our attention to making sure unemployment does not rise

When workers are united, and able to collectively bargain, they can win good outcomes

The RBA is currently targeting a 4.5% unemployment rate, and that is going to hurt young, low skilled and low paid workers,

The latest data on Enterprise Bargaining Agreement highlights that wage remains very much within levels that are consistent with the Reserve Bank’s inflation target

As interest rates rise, the gains from negative gearing increase.

For the sixth consecutive quarter a record number of people are working more than one job

In the debate over what is driving inflation – the OECD has looked at 15 nations across the world and found that in Australia and most other nations, the answer is profits

A slowing economy and households closing their wallets is bad news with a Reserve Bank determined to keep raising rates

Australia needs more housing, and we definitely need more public housing

You can’t sustain household spending while real wages continue to fall, and households are starting to let everyone know

While record company profits are dismissed as “short-term” workers continue to suffer ongoing falls in real wages

Wages are growing the best they have for 11 years, but real wages are now back at the level they were 14 years ago

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

Rather than be a budget that will fuel inflation, the budget is actually closer to austerity than stimulation

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

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