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NT government backflips on controversial wage freeze, gives public service two per cent annual pay rise

The Northern Territory government has backflipped on its controversial public sector pay freeze in a move welcomed by the union movement.

The controversial wage freeze policy, brought in by Chief Minister Natasha Fyles' predecessor, Michael Gunner, had been criticised by unions and the Country Liberal Party opposition.

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