FactCheck: is wage growth at record lows?
- Written by Janine Dixon, Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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...