This e-brief outlines recent wage growth trends in NSW and Australia, and the potential contributing factors. Low wage growth would pose challenges to policymakers : for example, lower incomes and government revenue, and rising inequality. The paper concludes with summaries of key policy proposals that stakeholders claim could stimulate wage growth.

This article considers the setting and adequacy of the level of the living wage in New Zealand and suggests changes in the way the rate is calculated.

This report outlines the findings of the independent panel review, which found that Victorian consumers are not gaining the benefits of a competitive retail market. The review has recommended a suite of reforms and initiatives, with eleven key recommendations to place the consumers back on a level playing field.

Australian politicians must stop and listen to the voices of real people suffering under horror power price rises, Victoria’s peak social advocacy body has warned.

In this report, NCOSS spoke to people and families doing it tough across NSW, hearing from people living below the poverty line on their experience and what would make a real difference for them.