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Gender and family advocates will have to wait a bit longer

The issue with announcing a rise in wages for childcare workers is that there is a multi enterprise bargaining process underway.

Sally PattenBOSS editor

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There will be gender advocates who come out this week to complain loudly about the government’s failure to quantify on Tuesday how much more it will pay childcare workers.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers included a hefty $61 billion contingency reserve in the budget papers.

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Sally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com

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