Australian workers are finding that what money they do earn is no longer anywhere near enough to pay the bills.
Yet, employer and business groups are sharpening their attacks on Labor’s plan to get wages moving with its “Secure Jobs Better Pay” industrial relations legislation.
Richard Denniss is the Chief Economist with the Independent think tank, The Australia Institute.
He’s not fooled by the bleating bosses. He joins us once again on the pod to talk about the silent crisis they don’t want you to know about - The Profit Crisis.
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