The price tag, which came without detail, provides an assessment of the likely cost of Labor’s decision to abolish the Coalition’s cap on wage growth for public sector workers.
over the next four years to pay for the deal and future wage rises.
NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association delegates Nichole Flegg, Nick Howson, Rachal Hughes, Skye Romer and Thom Hoffman at their annual conference last month.Shadow treasurer Damien Tudehope accused Labor of misleading voters when it said public sector wage rises would be paid for by productivity gains.
“The wages cap was an effective tool for delivering real wage rises as well as being able to deliver record infrastructure during the Coalition period of government,” he said. “We cannot know what the state of the budget will be in three years’ time and would make that assessment at a time when the financial position of the state is clear.”
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