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Politicians salaries
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Ensuring adequate pay for politicians
Won’t someone think of politicians when it comes to pay rises?
With confusion and routine bickering about parliamentary pay, politicians’ remuneration should be fixed to a multiple of the median full-time wage, writes Adam Creighton, a research fellow at The Centre For Independent Studies.
Possum: How much money do our top public servants make?
Ever wondered what our Federal MPs, High Court judges and top federal public servants are earning? As it turns out: a lot less than they did 70 years ago.
What about www.MyMP.com.au?
The government had a vote-winner with its My School website, and now plans to roll out My Uni and My Hospital — so why not My MP, tracking perks, pay and participation, suggests Stefanie Balogh.
Pay pollies peanuts and you’ll get (even more) monkeys
Why the anger when Aussie politicians’ salaries — measly compared to the private sector — are given a slight raise? Pollies also have to deal with public and media scrutiny, so let’s pay them what they’re worth.
Datapig: effort versus reward for politicians
This chart compares the number of parliamentary sitting days for each lower house with the current base salary for a member of that house, writes Datapig David Gillespie.
Meet the 237 millionaires of the US Congress
Of the 535 politicians in the United States Congress, 237 of them — that’s 44% — are millionaires. Check out their staggering wallet sizes for yourself. The richest Congressman, California Republican Darrell Issa, is worth more than $250 million.
Oakes: Money can’t buy power
The new salary for MP backbenchers? $131,000. The ridiculously low salary for our PM? $340,000. The knowledge that power is the only motivator for politicians? Priceless, writes Laurie Oakes.
Pollies pimp their pay
Kevin Rudd should earn $1 million a year in order to keep the “lords, ladies and lunatics” out of Federal Parliament, says Barnaby Joyce. No lunatics in parliament?
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How much do politicians really make?
This neat infographic shows how much politicians around the world make, contrasted with how well they perform on democracy and human rights.
French pollies make the Brits look like amateurs
The UK MP expenses scandal may have shocked some, says Adrian Michaels, but the average British parliamentarian’s standard of living is laughable by French standards.
Crikey Says: Not the time for an MP pay-rise
There’s never a good moment for any increase in remuneration for MPs, but in the midst of an economic crisis is probably the worst timing possible.
NSW upper house succession deal turns nasty
Luke Foley maintains that he has been “dudded” by Ian Macdonald but the ALP hierarchy cannot enforce an unrecorded and private deal.
