Commonwealth of Australia

Submissions

• Submission (82 Pages) (PDF Format) - February 2004

Table of Contents

SECTION 1: COMMONWEALTH POSITION		1
	Introduction	1
	Grounds for position	1
	Position in this case	3
	Timing of SNR	4
	Submission by State and Territory Governments	4
	Submission by the Disability Employment Action Centre and the National Council for the Intellectual Disability (DEAC/NCID)	5
	Protecting the low paid	5
	Conclusion	6
SECTION 2: ECONOMIC OUTLOOK		9
	Introduction	9
	Domestic forecast	9
	Outlook for the world economy	10
	Key risks to the economic outlook	10
	Company Profits	12
	Profit and Wages Share	14
	Conclusion	16
SECTION 3: WAGES DEVELOPMENTS		17
	Introduction	17
	Aggregate wages growth	17
	Wage Cost Index	20
	Federal certified agreements	20
	Executive remuneration	21
	Wage dispersion	22
	Changes in the value of the FMW and C10	25
	Workplace agreements	28
	Wage increases under awards and agreements	34
	Conclusion	37
SECTION 4: PRODUCTIVITY AND WORKPLACE BARGAINING		39
	Introduction	39
	Productivity growth in award-reliant industries	40
	Workplace bargaining	47
	Impact on labour costs	50
	Distribution of productivity gains.	52
	Conclusion	54
SECTION 5: IMPACT ON EMPLOYMENT		55
	Introduction	55
	Cost of the claim	55
	Research	56
	Inequality and the minimum wage.	60
	Sectoral Impact	63
	Conclusion	66
SECTION 6: LIVING STANDARDS		67
	Introduction	67
	Budget standards	67
	Household income	68
	Tax Cuts	70
	Conclusion	71
Appendix A Regression Results		73

• Reply Submission (29 Pages) (PDF Format) - March 2004

  Minimum wages in Australia: an analysis of the impact on small and medium sized businesses

Correspondence

• 26 February 2004

• 19 March 2004

• 15 April 2004 - supplementary statement from Dr Don Harding attached
  • Attachment A

  • Attachment B

  • Attachment C