BREAKING Australian wages grew by 2.4 per cent over the past 12 months, the biggest gap between income and inflation growth since the Coalition took office. For the latest news follow our live blog. auspol ausvotes
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“The only way you get wages is by good sensible economic policies that drive down unemployment, and that support growth in the economy, which enables businesses to be able to pay their staff more.”taking you through the rest of the day’s coverage of the federal election campaign with three days to go.has hit the campaign trail early in the seat of Corangamite, a seat held by Labor with a margin of 1.1 per cent.
is campaigning in suburban Geelong today and has been asked about his mea culpa last week, when he said he was a “bulldozer” that needed to empathise more with Australians.“I have been very conscious about my approach for a very long time, and I have to tell you, in the roles I have had, it has served the country extremely well,” Morrison told reporters from the Labor-held seat of Corangamite.
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