People are hurting, people are doing it tough. Wages growth at record lows. – Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen, interview, October 9, 2016.
In October 2016, the Australian economy hit a new milestone – 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth. At the same time, shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said Australian wage growth had fallen to record...
In relation to this FactCheck on wage growth, a spokersperson for Chris Bowen told The Conversation:
The source is the Australian Bureau of Statistics Wage Price Index release for June 2016.
The data is from Table 1, Total Hourly Rates of Pay Excluding Bonuses: Sector, Original, Seasonally Adjusted and Trend, and the “Percentage Change from...
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