REVEALED: How much NT government ministers will be paid
TAXPAYERS will fork out at least $2.5m a year to cover the salaries of the NT government’s newest cabinet, as Chief Minister Michael Gunner remains the lowest-paid jurisdiction leader in the country.
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TAXPAYERS will fork out at least $2.5m a year to cover the salaries of the NT government’s newest cabinet, as Chief Minister Michael Gunner remains the lowest-paid jurisdiction leader in the country.
Analysis of the NT’s remuneration tribunal parliamentary pay determination, which came into effect on August 22, shows government ministers, including Health Minister Natasha Fyles, will be paid a salary of $268,448 a year, not including other allowances they are entitled to.
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There has been no increase to an MLA’s base salary, which remains at $162,696 a year.
Mr Gunner’s annual salary is $325,392, more than $25,000 less than ACT’s Chief Minister Andrew Barr and more than $200,000 less than Australia’s highest-paid Premier, Victoria’s Daniel Andrews.
Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison’s annual salary will be $292,852.
One of the newly-elected CLP MLAs will leapfrog their similarly fresh colleagues to earn $211,504 a year as Deputy Opposition leader, though who this will be is yet to be announced.
Opposition leader Lia Finocchiaro, whose position means she earns just as much as a government minister or the speaker, is expected to announce her shadow ministry next week.
Speaker turned frontbencher Chansey Paech won’t technically get a pay rise, as the additional salaries of both those roles are identical.
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He will have the most generous electoral allowance of any MLA in the 14th parliament at $119,500, as the seat of Gwoja encompasses 32 per cent of the NT’s landmass.
Combined, electorate allowances of all 25 MLAs are worth $1.79m.
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