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While ordinary Australians are suffering through the worst cost-of-living crisis in generations and a record decline in household disposable incomes.
The Albanese government is gifting fat salaries to senior public sector bureaucrats.
A few months back, incoming Governor-General Sam Mostyn was awarded a 43% pay rise to $709,000 a year to compensate for a lack of commonwealth entitlements.
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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.