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Garbos’ 10-hour shift stats should be music to Michele Bullock’s ears

When the jobs market was high, rubbish collector Cleanaway was paying its drivers a lot of time-and-a-half and double time. Now it has backed off.

Aug 21, 2024 – 11.55am

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National garbage collector Cleanaway Waste Management is making 10 per cent more for every $1 of revenue than it was a year ago – and investors can thank the jobs market.

When the jobs market and inflation were at their hottest, Cleanaway had 1000-plus job vacancies and had to come up with all sorts of schemes to try to attract and retain garbage truck drivers and depot workers.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.