When will the left stand up for Australian workers?

Tuesday 26 May 2020

For 15 years, the Australian union movement has stood by silently while Australia’s immigration program was more than doubled:

The impacts on Australian workers has been terrible, with real wage growth stagnating for a decade:

Chronic underemployment and labour underutilisation, which has obviously gotten much worse in the wake of the COVID-19 shock:

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About the author

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.