Wages growth stuck at record low

Ewin HannanWorkplace Editor

Updated Aug 17, 2016 – 3.52pm, first published at 11.16am

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Wages growth has stayed at a record annual low of 2.1 per cent, with the average pay packets of mining workers rising by just 1.3 per cent over 12 months.

The Wage Price Index for the June quarter released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday found annual private sector wages grew by only 1.9 per cent

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