Turnbull Government begs employers to lift wages

Monday 8 January 2018

Back in September, Treasurer Scott Morrison all but begged employers to pay their workers more:

Treasurer Scott Morrison has stepped up calls for employers to turn increasing profits into higher wages to help end the record run of flat wages growth.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.