Innes Willox – chair of the Migration Council of Australia and CEO of the Australian Industry Group – was at it again, telling ABC’s RN Breakfast show that the Fair Work Commission’s 5.2% increase in the minimum wage – equating to $1 per hour for Australia’s lowest paid workers – would drive “unsustainable” wage growth that will drive inflation:
“I hate to say we told you so, but we told you so, that this would be the consequence of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to grant a 5.2 per cent increase for those on the minimum wage”…
“It would empower unions to make claims that are, quite frankly, unsustainable for the economy”…
