The Business Council of Australia has prepared this discussion paper ahead of the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit.

The distributional consequences of record high profits and record low real wage growth have been widely discussed in Australia recently, but the data presented in this paper suggests that rising profits are now the major driver of inflation.

The recent federal election featured important debate regarding the recent acceleration of inflation in Australia, and whether and how wages should be boosted to keep up with higher prices. This briefing paper reviews the detailed findings of an exit poll regarding wages, prices and the cost of living.

This report explores how Australian Service Union members working in clerical and administrative roles in the private sector are faring under these conditions. It provides insight into their wages and their satisfaction with their wages, their perceptions around their financial situation and the cost of living, their labour mobility decisions and some of the impacts...

This report examines the escalating cost of living and retention crisis for New South Wales public sector workers.