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The pay paradox

2 March 2018

  • Why aren't wages growing in Australia?

    When was the last time you had a pay rise? – Australian politics live podcast

    Why aren’t wages growing in Australia? For Guardian Australia’s series The pay paradox Gareth Hutchens and Greg Jericho examine the long-term and short-term reasons for the trend, including high unemployment and weaker employee bargaining power, with experts John Buchanan from Sydney University and Saul Eslake, former chief economist at ANZ. ‘Employers have changed the whole nature of work,’ says Buchanan• Whatever happened to wage rises in Australia?

1 March 2018

  • Building and construction workers march during a rally in Melbourne, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. The CFMEU is rallying against the federal government’s reintroduction of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, changes to the Building Code, possible cuts to penalty rates and attacks on workers’ rights. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

    Who is to blame for Australia's stalled wages?

    Special report: The Howard government is often identified as the culprit, but Labor and the union movement also made mistakes

28 February 2018

  • Low wages growth has opened up an ideological divide between the major parties.

    Whatever happened to wage rises in Australia?

    Special report: As living costs skyrocket, the usual economic assumptions no longer apply
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