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MPs stuck between 'a rock and a hard place' with latest pay rise

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 1 May 2024, 7:27am
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MPs stuck between 'a rock and a hard place' with latest pay rise

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 1 May 2024, 7:27am

It's looking like an MP pay rise is going ahead this time around. 

The Remuneration Authority's set to increase salaries 2.8% backdated to October, followed by further increases out to 2026. 

Ministers inside Cabinet will take home just over $304k a year and those outside Cabinet, nearly $257k.  

Newstalk ZB Political Editor Jason Walls told Mike Hosking there hasn't been a pay rise since 2017 - because Parliament can overrule it.  

He says the last time MPs were in line for a pay rise, former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern decided to freeze salaries due to the cost of living at the time.  

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