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The Federal Government’s wage bill continues to grow, outpacing inflation.
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Public service wages growing at double the inflation rate

The Federal Government’s wages bill has soared by 7.2 per cent and now the Reserve Bank’s deputy governor Andrew Hauser is warning the public is losing faith in its ability to tame inflation.

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