Premier Jacinta Allan has cemented her spot as the nation’s second highest-paid politician, with her government defending a 3.5 per cent pay rise for Victorian MPs. The Victorian leader can pocket up to $498,031 in 2024/25 — that’s $16,841 higher than last financial year — after the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal decided to increase MP salaries and allowances on Monday. The premier’s package includes an expense allowance of $62,597.
The tribunal factored in the national minimum wage rising by 3.75 per cent and decisions from other Australian jurisdictions on MPs’ pay, ranging from no change in NSW to a four per cent increase in Queensland. In a submission to the tribunal, Victorian Greens Leader Ellen Sandell suggested MPs should not receive pay increases that far outweigh those of nurses, teachers and other public sector workers.
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