Day: May 14, 2025
The 1% climb in real pay was the fastest in five years, and twice the five-year average leading into the pandemic
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Australian workers are clawing back the hit to their living standards from the high cost of living, as wages handily outpaced inflation in the year to March.
Hourly rates of pay climbed by 3.4% through the 12-month period, versus a 2.4% rise in prices, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Victorian jury also sees images appearing to show accused disposing of food dehydrator at tip, and hears from expert who examined lunch leftovers
An expert in emergency medicine who reviewed Erin Patterson’s medical records says her condition was consistent with someone who had a diarrhoeal illness, but there was no biochemical evidence of liver injury.
Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one charge of attempted murder relating to the lunch she served at her house in Leongatha on 29 July 2023.