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Alison Pennington

Alison Pennington: Budget billions wasted as real wages go backwards

The Coalition is pretending the cost-of-living pinch is caused by higher energy prices, writes Alison Pennington. Photo: TND

The federal government’s budget would have us believe that the cost of living is a sudden problem because of higher oil prices.

But the real reason people are feeling the pinch is because their real wages are going backwards.

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