Greedflation infests Australia’s public service
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Last month, the RBA annual report revealed that the two top executives of the Bank received a pay rises of more than 10%:
“During his final year as governor, Philip Lowe took home $1,147,465 in base pay, bonuses, superannuation and other payments. That sum was about 10.5% higher than a year earlier…”
“Michele Bullock, who was deputy governor prior to her promotion to the top role last month, earned remuneration totalling $828,313. That sum was almost 12% more than in the previous year when Bullock was an assistant governor for part of the period”.
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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.