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A daily news show from the publisher of The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. Hear from the country’s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

Josh Frydenberg’s appeal for companies to address wage stagnation underscores the lack of government policy in the area. It also highlights how the Australian market preferences dividends over innovation. Mike Seccombe on the distorting realities in the pay debate.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.

Background reading

Stalemate on stagnant wage growth in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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September 4, 2019 18m

7am

A daily news show from the publisher of The Monthly and The Saturday Paper. Hear from the country’s best reporters, covering the news as it affects Australia. This is news with narrative, every weekday.

http://7ampodcast.com.au

The truth about wages