Peg when you live in Canada ,the pm does what he wants and it is a slap in the face ,giving all his people even if they don't do anything ps which they don't then he uses us for the money the worst Government we ever had.his brain is like money grows on trees .If he gives us anything he will fine away to takes back double

Would the MPs go on strike if it wasn't granted? Would we notice?

well, you vote for them, once their snouts are in the trough.....what do you expect? My dear old dad used to say if you can't stop a racket, be in on it.

Our corrupt and totally Dishonest Federal and State Politicians claim they cannot refuse the massive pay rises the Not-So-Independent Remuneration Commission - it should be remembered that it is Appointed by the Politicians so it is 100% Owned by them, never mind that we, the Taxpayers, are not allowed to know who it is that actually makes up this Remuneration Commission, we can bet it will include former politicians, judges, senior public servants - These massive and totally unjustified Pay Rises do not simply end with Federal Politicians they flow through to the Federal Public Service chiefs, Judiciary, State and Territory politicians and all of their senior Public Servants and the Judiciary. Think on this. There are some Public Servants who are being paid 100s of 1000s more than the Prime Minister, State Premiers and Territory First Ministers! Our obscene politicians then use that lovely cash to buy countless Residential Properties which they charge ever-increasing rents for and then they Negfatively Gear the lot so that they end up paying NO INCOME TAX at all. It is no wonder that they all oppose any suggestion that Negatively Gearing should be abolished. One ALP, yes a politicians who supposedly represents the Down-trodden Masses, owns so many properties that he oh-so-conveniently forgot to mention that just a few years ago and before the price of housing escalated as it has done recently, he owned one property which was worth OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. These parasites, abolished the old Arbitration Commission, which set OUR wages, but have their Own organisation which sets their wages, it has never, ever refused to grant their annual 3% to 4% Pay rises. On top of all that cash they also get FREE TRANSPORT to and from work, Free Transport anywhere they want to go. The current Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Linda Burney chartered a SOLE USE Aircraft to transport her around. The current Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese has spent more time big-noting himself overseas thah he has actually spent in Australia working for Us, and he is about to go on yet another Taxpayer-funded junket. All this expense for the current leader of a country which is almost at the bottom of the list of importance, a very, very minor and insignificant world power. He would rather allow Foreign Troops to be stationed on Australian Soil and doing exactly as the USA tells him than standing up for Australia, his predecessors were/are no different. He wants us to give a very small minority of Australians, less than 4%, Rights and Privilkedges which he refuses to grant the rest of the population. Already thanks to this we have other minority groups within Australian Society who are now demanding that they be granted the same Rights and Privilegdes! If it is good enough for one it is good enough for all.Edited 31-Aug-23 10:45am

I think that after India we have the biggest civil service per capita in the world...what do we need them all for?...our prime minister...living in a large country with almost no-one living here gets paid twice the wages of the UK prime minister...lots and lots of greedy piggies with their snouts in the trough....we have 108 departments dealing with aboriginal affairs too...apparently they don't work...we need more...good to see our tax payer money is being put to good use...right? ....maybe politicians...along with teachers... should get salaries based upon performance..and have them reviewed by independent bodies.... Edited 30-Aug-23 21:38pm

You all voted them in.

It is really sad to say that this is never news it is always expected and it is a shame when it is usually on the back of "ordinary workers need to tighten their belts to help the economy" when giving this underpaid section of society a payrise would be more helpful.

I'm disgusted really. If Albanese were working in the private sector he would be sacked for performance issues same as his predecessor the arrogant liberal one. Politicians should be sent to a special school. It's the school where they are trained to govern for the majority not the voice. I agree with your summation of the facts but if you're a parasitic lawyer who gains financially through the voice I know exactly how you will vote. Then theres those that don't give a sh..it until it's to late and then there's albo and the like. I've mentioned this before why not deflect from the real issues of our country for 6 to 12 months by using the voice of the minority as a conduit to do sweet .... for the majority.