Mullah Lite,
This is being seen as a cheap unsolicited attack on the expat community by the CEPs. Crap comments such as "we should put all the expats at the Gold Coast..." or "owns two yachts..." , etc, proves the above point. The AoA started something and for obvious reasons every CEP has jumped on the bandwagon without giving any thought to the consequences. What of those CEPs that earn 'A' scale??? Do you hear any 'B' scale expats berate them??? What of those on bases having to pay 35-45% income tax, should their salary be adjusted accordingly because your take home pay is significantly more??? As I've said right from the start, this is amounting to nothing more than envy, and the expats have been made an easy target, so pardon us if we don't have any sympathy to what is being seen as an unreasonable demand.
Just wanted to add;
Instead of wanting the expat benefits to close the gap, why not fight for what the 'A' scale CEP CNs have..ie 'A" scale with $24k special allowance. As a CEP, wouldn't you have more of discriminatory case if you compared yourself with another CEP on better conditions???
Last edited by Dragon69; 13th Feb 2010 at 03:37.