Originally Posted by
Paragraph377
And even if it is 2%, when that is tacked onto a salary of between $250k and $500k, that’s a lot.
The base salary for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives is currently $211,250 per annum.
And if 2% being tacked on to a politician's salary of $207,100 (base as at 1 July 2018) is '
a lot' then surely 3% being tacked on to $137,356 (Jetstar wide-body Level 2 FO as at 1 July 2018) is also '
a lot', isn't it?
Originally Posted by
Paragraph377
Since 2009 parliamentary salaries have been increasing at an average of 5 percent per year, almost twice as fast as working people’s wages, which have grown at 2.8 per cent by WPI over the same period.
Yes, but that is only because of the one off-2012 wages correction for politicians. Over the past 5 years parliamentary salaries have increased by an average 1.6 per cent per year compared to about 2.3 per cent for everyone else.
Originally Posted by
Paragraph377
Mick, you are entitled to defend your elected mates, but they are still grubs.
Elected mates?!! I'm not defending politicians or their wages or their wage increases, I'm simply looking to provide some facts.