Labor low balls public servants on pay

Monday 21 November 2022

For years I derided Australia’s public service for receiving far bigger pay rises than the private sector.

This saw average full-time earnings in the public service ($100,708) increase significantly faster than the private sector ($89,742).

The situation has changed recently, with public servants experiencing significantly softer wage growth than their private sector counterparts:

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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.