Alison Andrews, Examiner: PREMIER David Bartlett’s decision to refuse the flow-on of a federal politicians’ pay rise to Tasmanian MPs might not be as easy as he thinks. The national, independent Remuneration Tribunal announced yesterday that federal politicians would get a 3 per cent pay rise on a base salary. It will take a federal backbencher’s salary to $131,040 a year. Soon after the news came through, Mr Bartlett announced that the increase would not flow on to state MPs: Read more here
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