工党财经事务发言人 大卫•帕克 （David Parker）
新西兰与澳州之间月薪正以每周增加一块钱的差距在拉大。
工党财经事务发言人大卫•帕克指出：日前澳大利亚新公布的平均月薪收入数字显示：澳州人的工资比新西兰人每周平均多挣3.10纽元。
自约翰基成为总理以来，纽澳两国间工资差距拉大到每周达22.16纽元，从2008年9月的122.52纽元到今日的143.92纽元（新西兰2012年3月份平均周薪865.11纽元，澳大利亚2月份是1009.03纽元）*
新西兰的工资没有增长。
政府不能把这怪罪到希腊头上。
弥合与澳州间的工资差距本来是国家党2008年大选时的重头承诺。如今政府却已经闭口不谈这个承诺，甚至连何时两国间薪资差距能到回到国家党初执政时的水平也不提。又一次，即使用他们自己的标准来衡量，国家党也失败了。
即将出台的新预算案对我国的经济或薪资增长将毫无助益。
这是为什么老百姓们都感受到日用花费越来越紧张，也是数目惊人的新西兰人买张机票就去了澳洲的原因。
*数据来源：新西兰统计局国民季度收入调查。澳大利亚统计办平均周薪数据。OECD经合组织PPP及汇率。
来源：霍建强议员办公室
David PARKER
Finance Spokesperson
17 May 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT
Greece no excuse for wage gap with Oz
Every month the weekly earnings gap with Australia is growing a dollar wider, Labour’s Finance spokesperson David Parker says.
“New average weekly earnings figures released in Australia today show weekly wages there grew by another $3.10 a week more than average weekly pay here.
“The weekly wage gap with Australia has grown by $22.16 a week since John Key has been Prime Minister, from $122.52 a week in September 2008, to $143.92 today ($865.11 in NZ, March 2012, $1009.03 in Australia, Feb 2012.*).
"Wages in New Zealand are not growing," David Parker says.
"They can’t blame Greece for this.
"Closing the wage gap with Australia was a cornerstone of National’s 2008 election promise. The Government has stopped talking about it and won’t even provide a milestone date by which the wage gap will be back to where it was when they took office. Once again they are failing by even their own measures.
"Next week’s Budget will have nothing to grow our economy and nothing to grow wages.
"That’s why families are noticing their household budgets are stretched and it’s why a record thousand people are week are getting on the plane to Australia,” David Parker said.
* Source for figures: Stats NZ Quarterly Earnings Survey. Australian Bureau of Statistics Average Weekly Earnings. OECD PPP and Exchange Rates.
