It is also significantly less than the 25% rise by the Health Services Union and will shrink in real terms as inflation nears 10%.

Source: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/aged-care-crisis-privatised-system-failing-workers-older-people

Mookhey received a mixed reception at a NSW Health Services Union conference on Monday, telling a roomful of delegates the government would formally scrap the controversial public sector wages cap by September but “can’t deliver radical change overnight”.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/did-you-get-a-pay-increase-treasurer-heckled-over-wages-as-health-workers-consider-further-industrial-action-20230703-p5dlct.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Regardless of the state election outcome, the Health Services Union (HSU) was campaigning to scrap the wages cap, lift salary packaging to 100 per cent, and look at professional recognition.

Source: https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/8140575/paramedics-and-nurses-positive-on-another-approach-with-nsw-labor/?src=rss