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Council To Trim Fat After $69.3 Million Spent On Staff

29 January 2008

MORE than 43 per cent of Wollongong City Council expenditure was spent on wages and salaries last financial year... read full story

School Starting With Pay Debate

26 January 2008

THIRTY-five years ago school teachers' wages were comparable with those of state MPs. Today a teacher earns about half what a state MP gets... read full story

Restraint In Wages The New Mantra

25 January 2008

CUTS should be made to runaway executive salaries and business profits rather than the pay of ordinary workers, unions have argued in a rebuff to demands for restraint in wages growth... read full story

Unions Signal Big Push For Pay Rises

25 January 2008

CUTS should be made to runaway executive salaries and business profits rather than the pay of ordinary workers, unions have argued in a rebuff to demands for restraint in wages growth... read full story

Teacher Pay Flunks The Fairness Test

21 January 2008

Teachers do more than teach, and their wages should reflect this... read full story

Tough Times Force Women Back To Work

18 January 2008

WOMEN were almost entirely responsible for the growth in employment last month, as rising interest rates, falling tax rates and attractive wages encouraged more of them to take up paid work... read full story

Case Builds For Rates To Rise Again

10 January 2008

IN 1992, Australia had 25 unemployed for every job vacancy. Today this ratio is edging down towards 2.5 unemployed for every job offering - increasing pressure on wages and interest rates... read full story