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The RBA warns against pay increases in line with inflation

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The head of the Reserve Bank says if workers' pay increases in line with inflation it will only be more painful. As Labor pushes ahead with legislating its contentious industrial relations bill, RBA Governor Phillip Lowe says more flexibility in the labour market is needed.
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