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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported that rates of pay (excluding bonuses) in the private sector are growing at the slowest rate since the ABS began publishing the Wage Price Index in the late 1990s.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (the "ABS") has
reported that rates of pay (excluding bonuses) in the private
sector are growing at the slowest rate since the ABS began
publishing the Wage Price Index in the late 1990s. The Wage Price
Index for the March quarter has revealed that rates of pay grew by
2.3 percent annually in the private sector and 2.5 percent in the
public sector, compared with the growth rates of 3.2 percent in the
private sector that were experienced two years ago. The current
figures are the lowest on record.
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