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National Union of Students says the Liberal’s position on minimum pay increases is at odds with automatic indexing of student loans to CPI

Anthony Albanese has been declared the winner of the third and final leaders’ debate of the election campaign but we can't get our hopes up.

Government claims Labor leader is improperly interfering with independent process, but it wouldn’t be the first time a precise number was proposed

The Prime Minister says Anthony Albanese's push for wages to keep pace with inflation is "reckless", but Labor says the alternative is for people's pay to go backwards.

Labour market experts are calling for wages to grow faster than four per cent a year to rebalance productivity, inflation and incomes but employers are fearful.

Patricia Karvelas, Antony Green and Andrew Probyn joined the blog to answer your questions, as the wage debate heats up on the campaign trail.

Employers argue that excessive minimum pay increases will fuel inflation as unions call for ‘incredibly reasonable’ boost to meet cost of living pressures

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their strike until the day after the federal election.

Labor leader says he ‘absolutely’ supports increase, after earlier declining to commit to figure pushed by unions