Jim Chalmers spreads wage growth misinformation

Thursday 20 February 2025

In late 2023, ABC Fact Check caught Treasurer Jim Chalmers “misleading” about the growth in Australian full-time earnings.

In August 2024 and November 2024, Treasurer Chalmers was again caught misleading voters about Australian wages.

On Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the wage price index for Q4 2024, which showed that wages grew by 0.7% over the quarter and by 3.2% annually.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.