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  • Oct, 2013

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    MP pay

    Q. A federal Member of Parliament who has no ministerial responsibility is paid about $195,000 per annum.

    Do you think this is:

     

    %

     

    Lib/Nat voters

    voters

    Labor voters

    Green voters

    Too high

    71%

    66%

    75%

    65%

    About right

    27%

    31%

    23%

    35%

    Too low

    2%

    3%

    2%

    71% of people believe that the pay of federal MP’s who have no ministerial responsibilities is too high. 27% think it is about right, and 2% think it is too low.

    Labor voters (75%) were more likely than Lib/Nat (66%) and Green (65%) voters to think it was too high.

    Females (76%) were more likely than males (65%) to think it was too high.

     

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