The Minns government is promising to deliver an increase of 4.5 per cent over the next year, which is set to cost more than $600 million. 9News
The New South Wales government has confirmed it will axe the current public sector wage cap in September in a bid to combat staff shortages across essential services.The Minns government is promising to deliver an increase of 4.5 per cent over the next year, which is set to cost more than $600 million.The wage cap currently sits at 2.5 per cent.
"We have managed to sit down with essential workers, they are not all happy, they are not all thrilled, but we have managed to offer the biggest pay increase the NSW public services have got in more than a decade," Mookhey said.
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