▲ 163 ▼ Politicians receive 4 per cent pay rise after years of 'conservative' adjustments (www.abc.net.au) submitted 2 years ago by Ilandar@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lemmington_steele@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) won't they just be more reliant on lobbying gifts to compensate? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Sup3rlativ3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Where does that point stop though? If people are in it to make money they'll take every opportunity to make more and this has been proven time and time and again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fraction9869@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago Maybe if a base pay of $200K isn’t enough for them they’d just leave politics altogether and make room for people who want to help their local community? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sup3rlativ3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Where does that point stop though? If people are in it to make money they'll take every opportunity to make more and this has been proven time and time and again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fraction9869@aussie.zone 2 points 2 years ago Maybe if a base pay of $200K isn’t enough for them they’d just leave politics altogether and make room for people who want to help their local community? permalink fedilink source parent