The Latest Breaking News from Sally McManus

Nationals frontbencher describes cuts as ‘sensible management’ but unions say they will result in thousands of job losses

Wages have become the latest battleground in the election, with debate raging about how much extra workers can get paid without sending businesses broke and consumer prices soaring.

The ACTU has revised up its minimum wage claim to 5.5 per cent after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its inflation forecasts.

Mark Wooden reportedly said Labor was playing ‘political games’ by saying it would lift wages

Australians’ wages are tipped to grow over the next two years, but are not predicted to catch up with rising prices until 2024

For those seeking refuge from the election, the 101st Archibald Prize is almost a politician-free zone. Unless you count Joanna Braithwaite’s amusingly titled McManusstan, a portrait of bird lover Sally McManus. Former Labor minister Peter Garrett painted by Anh Do is in the line up – but more accurately described…

Teachers, nurses, police officers and transport workers all have agreements set to end this year

Business groups are urging both political leaders to show "courage" and confront the politically fraught issue of industrial relations, arguing any benefits of future wage growth could be delayed by an inflexible enterprise bargaining system.

Unions will push for a sharp rise in wages for low paid workers in the current round of the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review.

ACTU secretary Sally McManus says increase needed for low-paid workers to ‘keep their heads above water’

The unemployment rate is one number the Coalition seems keen to talk about with an election around the corner, but another important one isn't budging yet — and it could throw a spanner into the works.