Sky News Australia | Anger as MP pay rises 9% The Sunshine Coast Daily THE UNION movement has slammed Queensland MPs' $11,000 plus pay rise as "a slap in the face" to workers. But Ipswich West MP Sean Choat, a vocal critic of the previously proposed $57,000 pay rise, has defended the decision as "reasonable". Politicians get 9 per cent pay rise Queensland MPs gifted 8pc pay rise Independent tribunal to reveal pay packets for Queensland politicians |