New South Wales (NSW) Parliament voted on June 2 against the bill to freeze wage increases for public service workers. The NSW government will now take the matter to the Industrial Relations Commission on June 4.
Upper house and crossbenchers with support from unions kept true to their word and blocked the legislation that would pause wage increases for 12-months, instead offering a guarantee of no redundancies and a one-off $1,000 payment. The one-off $1,000 did not apply to senior executives.
