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Callum Godde and Michael Ramsey

Inflation forces WA to up worker pay offer

WA Premier Mark McGowan says the pay offer increase is a response to peaking inflation. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Teachers, nurses, police officers, cleaners and public servants in Western Australia have been offered a six per cent pay rise as a buffer to rising inflation.

The WA government has increased its wage offer for 150,000 public sector workers to three per cent annually over the next two years, up from 2.75 per cent, along with an additional $2500 sign-on bonus.

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