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It’s getting even harder to find full-time work. So more people are taking second part-time jobs

Written by Mark Wooden, Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Over the last two years, growth in wages and salaries have not kept up with rises in the cost of living.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates the cost of living for the average “employee household” rose by 16.7% in the two years up to December 2023.

In contrast, average wages, as measured by the Wage Price Index,...

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