We're 1 $trillion in Federal Govt. debt but look at how much
they pay some public servants:
https://www.noticer.news/esafety-commissioner-bureaucrat-pay-rise/Australia’s controversial eSafety Commissioner is now earning
$536,000 a year to censor the internet and joins dozens of other unelected senior bureaucrats earning more than half a million taxpayer dollars a year.
Julie Inman Grant was given a $74,000 salary bump, while Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett, who was appointed in August, benefited from a $19,000 pay rise, bringing her renumeration package to
$816,000 a year.Australian Prudential Regulation Authority chair John Lonsdale earns the most with a
$1,004,300 package, followed by Australian Public Service Commissioner Gordon de Brouwer, who is now in
$932,120, up from $910,270.
ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess is making
$753,240 a year, Anti-Corruption Commissioner Paul Brereton is earning
$803,440, and National Disability Insurance Agency CEO Graeme Head is taking home a package worth $711,050.
More than 30 other government employees earn over $1 million a year, including Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Steven Kennedy and Treasury secretary Jenny Wilkinson.
Commonwealth public sector salaries cost the taxpayer $40.9 billion last financial year, up from $37.3 billion, after a 5.6% increase in federal government jobs to 386,000.
State and territory governments spent $191.1 billion on wages for almost 2 million workers, up 7.3%. Local government wage spend increased 6.9% to $17.6 billion.