How much does Alan Joyce get paid for an airline that's barely even flying?
I think the PM's worth half a million in wages, 10k per week.
- But he better do a good job, not half-arse it -

How much do others think the job of PM's worth?

'I think that we pay him - and most other people in Australia - too much. And that's where much of our economic problem lies.'

no doubt ttbn that wages in many cases are far to high especially in the public sector where it is almost impossible to get sacked even if totally incompetent.

i think half a million is reasonable, but I don't think their retirement salary should be tax free.

he would clear around $300,000 after tax and medicare levy

imo, all people should pay income tax in accordance to the tax scale of the day.

Hey runner,
"no doubt ttbn that wages in many cases are far to high especially in the public sector where it is almost impossible to get sacked even if totally incompetent."

For many their entire job is an all-day-long coffee break, with a little work thrown in to give the impression of work during their all-day-long coffee breaks.

AC,

Last I heard, Joyce was not taking any salary for the duration. I don't know if that's still true. If it is, how annoying it is that an irritating little homosexual would do the right thing:).

runner,

I think that we have to differentiate between public servants, who usually have qualifications, and politicians who do not, and don't need them. Any idiot who works for a union or a politician and does enough brown nosing can get put up for election, and people vote for somebody they didn't know existed prior to the election. These and idiots get a say in which people are employed as public servants.

Top public servants are paid too much. Vice Chancellor Spence gets $1.5 million, for example, but they can be sacked, and a couple have recently been jailed for their conduct.

Politicians, on the other hand, can only be voted out, but most hang on well before their use-by date, unless they are independents. Sacking a government only slightly reduces their big bucks in opposition.

Overall, I think that politicians are bigger parasites and bludgers than good public servants are. And there are some good public servants; I can't say the same for politicians.

Paul1405,
You pester others to no end to answer queries you put to them but what about you ?
I'm still waiting for you to tell us what you think of my proposal to reduce extra high Public Service Bureaucrat Salaries ?