CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 13 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript:
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Joint press conference with
The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
Subjects: new wages data, RG97 announcement, Economic Reform Roundtable, interest rates, AI, productivity, regulation, Australia to recognise Palestinian state
Jim Chalmers:
I'm here with the Employment Minister, Amanda Rishworth, because we want to welcome some really positive wages outcomes in the wages data which was just released this morning. The wages price index grew by 0.8percent in the June quarter to be 3.4percent higher through the year. Real wages grew 1.3percent through the year to the June quarter 2025. This is the strongest ann...