Public servant fat cats dine while everyone else starves

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Late last year, the New Daily reported that Australia’s highest ranked public servants were earning between $500,000 and $1 million per year:

If you want to see a more comprehensive list of who earns what this official table above gives more detail. If you want to put names to the roles a quick google search will help out…

The table below details the pay of another cohort of highly paid public sector workers, the mandarins who head the government departments themselves. They are also living high on the government payroll…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.