Australian workers’ living standards have been destroyed – and there is little good news ahead
Greg Jericho
Inequality reporting
How much of a ‘fair go’ do Australians really have to escape poverty?
June 2024
Minimum wage workers in Australia to get a 3.75% pay rise over the next 12 months
Fair Work Commission lifts minimum wage to $24.10 an hour from July, with the rise outpacing the government’s forecast inflation rate
May 2024
Grogonomics
Australians have lost 14 years of progress on living standards. A wages breakout? Please. If only
Greg Jericho
Budget sneak peek predicts higher wages and tax breaks – but no increase for Australians on jobseeker
April 2024
Grogonomics
Talk of interest rate cuts soon is optimistic – here’s why the RBA may decide doing nothing is safer
Greg Jericho
From dance instructors to boilermakers: Labor says non-compete clauses are holding back wages
Australia news live
Youth curfew ‘not the long-term solution’, MP says – as it happened
Business wants pay rises for Australia’s lowest paid workers limited to 2% – but what about executives?
March 2024
Grogonomics
The push against wage rises has begun again – it’s an argument for Australia’s poorest workers to become poorer
Greg Jericho
A 5% rise in award and minimum wages is pretty modest and won’t set fire to inflation or cause interest rates to stay high
Australia news live
King takes aim at Liberals over preselection of women – as it happened
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Reserve Bank tipped to hold interest rate but economists split on when cuts will start
Pundits and investors expect the RBA to leave its cash rate unchanged at 4.35% when the board meets on Tuesday
February 2024
Australian workers’ productivity drops 3.7% as employment surges and investment slows
Grogonomics
Wages are finally on the way up, but there’s a long way to go before workers feel relief
Greg Jericho
Australia records 4.2% annual wage growth, outstripping inflation for the first time in three years
Australia’s employers expect wages to grow faster than inflation in 2024, survey finds
January 2024
Australia’s cost-of-living crisis isn’t about the price of groceries. It’s about wealth distribution
John Quiggin
Making goods cheaper isn’t going to fix the fact that income has shifted to the top 10%
December 2023
Grogonomics
Jim Chalmers’ lucky budget surplus is no comfort to workers whose pay is shrinking
Greg Jericho
Australia news live
Stage set for national cabinet clash over GST – as it happened
November 2023
Australian housing wealth is meaningless, destructive and fundamentally changing our society
Alan Kohler
High-priced homes do not create wealth, Alan Kohler says, they redistribute it. Now financial success is largely a function of geography, not accomplishment
