Jon Stanhope has waited until the evening news bulletins were in bed to make mention of a 1.5% pay rise for members of the Legislative Assembly.
- The pay of ACT MLAs remains the second-lowest in the nation and is almost $13,000 a year less than the base pay rate for Commonwealth Parliamentarians.
The Remuneration Tribunal also granted increases of approximately 1.5% to executives and other public officials.
Personally I’d like to see their pay much higher, but I can’t see the public coming at it.