The Australian | PM's staff pay rise “obscene”, Labor says The Australian Labor frontbencher Brendan O'Connor has described Malcolm Turnbull's decision to pay 30 political staffers more than the maximum pay rate of $259,000 at a time when wage growth is at a record low as “obscene”. The Prime Minister has personally ... A Malcolm Turnbull-Shinzo Abe coalition to protect the world trading order Climate action in 2018: expect same, same but different Cabinet ministers fearing electoral defeat consider sweeteners for pensioners |