Join us on 23 October for a country wide rally for a pay rise. Reports have suggested that real wages are rising relative to the cost of living but these reports are wrong! Real wages are going backwards for more than four in five workers. The wages crisis in Australia has become acute under the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison government. In June 2011 real disposable income was $12,066 and in June 2018 it was $11,987. Since the 2013 federal election, average weekly ordinary time earnings have barely risen, growing only 0.3 percent per year. The costs of childcare, petrol, power, transport and housing – which...