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New data from the Attorney’s General Department (AGD) shows that 1.65 million workers in Australia are now covered by enterprise agreements, down from 1.89 million a year ago.
In total, enterprise agreements (including federal and state) covered 37.9% (rounded) of all Australian employees in May 2018 (latest available data).
Wages across all new EBAs grew by 0.3% to 2.7% in the September quarter:
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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.
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