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Robert Carling
Robert Carling is a senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies and was executive director, economic and fiscal at the NSW Treasury from 1998 to 2006.
Opinion
Wage growth
Perrottet needs a hard-headed approach to wages, even for those on the COVID-19 front line
Workers like nurses have won the support and sympathy of the community at large during the pandemic. But warm feelings cannot be the guiding force behind the government’s pay policy.
- by Robert Carling
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Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The tyranny that strikes a friendless Clive Palmer could hurt any of us
The West Australian government's retrospective rewriting of the rules to defeat the mining magnate is a threat to the rule of law.
- by Tom Switzer and Robert Carling
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
A public servant pay freeze is just the first shot in a long war
Other measures including using normal attrition and reduced recruitment to cut jobs should be on the table.
- by Robert Carling
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/robert-carling-p4yvwx