What will happen to MPs salaries?
The Herald reports: An increase to MPs’ salaries is almost inevitable if the Prime Minister’s bid to get rid of their foreign-travel perks is successful. It is. As people now all know (and something I...
View ArticleLaw Commission on Parliamentary Salaries and Perks
The Law Commission has published its review of the Civil List Act 1979, which sets out MPs salaries and expenses. They recommend: Travel, accommodation, attendance and communications services for...
View ArticleMPs pay 2010
The Remuneration Authority has heeded the PM’s advice, and has not done a massive pay rise to compensate for loss of the international travel perk. The perk had been valued at over $9,000 and this...
View ArticleMPs pay should be constant for the term
Kate Chapman at the Dom Post reports: Prime Minister John Key urged restraint over the setting of politicians’ pay this year but most MPs seem resigned to the boost in their salaries which, they are...
View ArticleKiwiSaver v Parliamentary Super
Vernon Small reports in Stuff: MPs’ generous superannuation schemes will not be cut, despite Government plans to slash the subsidies paid to KiwiSaver accounts. … Since 1992, MPs have been entitled to...
View ArticleMPs salaries
Derek Cheng at NZ Herald reports: Twenty-five new members of Parliament will pick up a pay packet of at least $141,800 – a huge pay rise for some of the newcomers. It is not a universal rule, but for...
View ArticleMPs (Remuneration and Services) Bill submission
SUBMISSION OF DAVID FARRAR ON THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (REMUNERATION AND SERVICES) BILL TO THE GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE About the Submitter This submission is made by David Farrar...
View ArticleMPs pay rise tomorrow
Tracy Watkins at Stuff reports: MPs are in line for a Christmas bonus of several thousand dollars. The Remuneration Authority confirmed today it expected to issue its annual review of MP salaries on...
View ArticleThe Parliamentary Salaries and Allowances Determination 2012
The Remuneration Authority have published their 2012 determination. While most people will be unhappy that MPs get paid more than $2 an hour, it is worth noting what the Authority has said: In recent...
View ArticleWill Horan set up a party?
3 News reports: A defiant independent MP Brendan Horan arrived back at Parliament today, vowing to fight for more transparency around MPs’ pay rises. … He even wants to run for re-election come 2014....
View ArticleMPs Remuneration Bill
The Government Administration Committee has reported back the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Services) Bill which was to transfer some expense decisions away from the Speaker to the...
View ArticleMPs pay rise coming
Claire Trevett at NZ Herald reports: Prime Minister John Key has hinted the Remuneration Authority is lining up a good pay rise for MPs this year, saying he had been consulted on the proposed increase...
View ArticleHoran’s amendment should be supported
Brendan Horan has announced: MPs pay will be fixed for each term of Parliament, if an amendment proposed by the independent MP Brendan Horan is adopted. “Back in December I promised that I would put...
View Article2013 Salaries Determination for MPs
The Remuneration Authority has released its 2013 determination for MPs salaries. These are backdated to 1 July. The new salary levels for each type of MP are: PM $428,500 Deputy PM $303,900 Cabinet...
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MPs salaries
Following confirmation of the size of the Executive, and composition of Parliament, here are the salaries different MPs will be on: Worth noting that David Seymour as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary is...
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MP salaries
The Remuneration Authority has announced the new salaries for MPs, backdated to July 2014. A key para is: In 2014, the Authority’s payline at the level for ordinary members increased by 3.3%. For this...
View ArticleMPs pay rises to be cancelled!
John Key has announced: Prime Minister John Key today announced an overhaul of the Remuneration Authority Act, tying MP salaries to those of the wider public sector, which will be passed under urgency....
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MPs salaries vs Judges salaries
I think it was the wrong call to restrict MPs salary increase to the overall public sector, rather than to similar positions. The salary of the Prime Minister should not be determined based on what the...
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MPs pay law change may see pay rises twice as large
Everyone has been assuming that tying MPs pay increases to the average for the public sector will see them fall. I was assuming that. So I went to the Stats NZ QES survey to work out how much less pay...
View ArticleMPs Remuneration Bill passed
The MPs Remuneration Bill passed all three stages last night, and during the debate I got quoted over a dozen times by Labour and NZ First MPs. Oh dear. Annette King said: What we want to know from the...
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