Coalition gives workers one last kick in nuts as it exits

David Llewellyn-Smith

Friday, 7 December 2018

As we know, Aussie households are mired in an historic income recession:

But it’s not enough for the Coalition. It wants even less money for workers, to wit:

The Australian can reveal that Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer has appointed six new deputy presidents — including four who have worked directly for employer groups — who will each be paid $461,850 annually.

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About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.