There’s nothing wrong with a good public sector clean out from time to time to clean up the budget. But paying yourself a huge bonus for doing it is a bit rich. From The Australian:
The Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal decided the base salary of Queensland MPs last October, and on Thursday made a ruling on additional pay for office holders.
Mr Newman will get a 21.8 per cent increase to his annual salary, taking it to $379,562.
…Mr Newman announced the three-person independent remuneration tribunal in July last year after his deputy Jeff Seeney agreed to a 42 per cent pay rise for MPs as the premier holidayed in Vietnam. “Can I just say that it is an independent process so we responded to the community concerns last year.”
Ah yes, the independent tribunal, appointment by government.
