Pandemic Management bill. Health and well-being Act 2021.

[LP]

I'm not sure after a pandemic in which many people lost their jobs, business or support, that complaining about people getting a rise in the context of complaining about not getting a rise is a functional argument.

You think that just keeping yourself in work was a win!

[Mav]

I'm sure the conservatives would love members of parliament to receive no pay at all. That way, the independently wealthy would be the only ones in the running. Ensuring pay scales that allow good candidates to have a career in public service is a good thing. That was the thinking behind appointing an independent board to review parliamentary pay: it would avoid the pollies being pressured to vote against pay rises because of political backlash from voters, thereby making a career as a parliamentarian progressively more unattractive. As it is, the Premier is paid much less than a CEO of a company of comparable size to the State of Victoria. And unlike CEOs, the Premier doesn't get million dollar payouts when he retires or loses his position.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Dan is on $450K a year so he won't needing to go to cash converters anytime soon to hock his beloved North Face jacket.
Think he is the best paid Premier in Australia as well... If he was the CEO of a large corporation he would have been fired long ago. Scomo is on about 550k, think I read the NZ govt took a 20% pay cut across the ministry during the main pandemic period but Scomo didn't want to do same...

[Mav]

Nor should he. It's just a lazy whinge that's trotted out every so often as a rhetorical flourish rather than a serious policy issue.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Nor should he. It's just a lazy whinge that's trotted out every so often as a rhetorical flourish rather than a serious policy issue.

Was serious enough for him to put a minimum 6 month wage freeze on public servants... I guess serving the public is a bit different to serving yourself.

[Mav]

Did he order them to give $10k to charity as well?

[northernblue]

Premier is probably underpaid, minions are probably overpaid.
Neither should have received pay rises at the same time everyone else was going backwards.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Did he order them to give $10k to charity as well?

Maybe it went to Hillsong.. Followers have to give 10% of their earnings to PM good buddy Brian Houston.. I guess Brian would trump those poor sods who lost their jobs during Covid. Must be nice living off others, paying no tax and having your good mate the charitable  PM have your back.

[tonyo]

Somyurek's suspension is lifted and now Labour are worried he will go against bill lol.

I love how the press and the Opposition are treating Somyurek as a saviour who is voting this way to protect the people of Victoria.

In reality, after what happened in IBAC, he would be liking nothing more than the opportunity to give Dan a metaphorical endoscopy using an oversized probe with the word 'NO' emblazoned on the side......

[madbluboy]

So from midnight tonight the unvaccinated are outcast from society.