Canberra bubble elites so out of touch it's 'like the Truman show'

[@aussiebornandbred]

No one is worth $845k a year, especially public servants

[@myownperson8145]

My thoughts exactly

[@deanhunter1753]

And she was smirking when asked

[@johngeier8692]

Numerous footballers earn over $1,000,000 per annum. There is far too much government in Australia. It is a fundamental failing of liberal democracy.

[@darylburnet8328]

We call them Pubes! Some Public Servants are good workers. Many however should be ashamed.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Well that's a rip of the people who are scum get paid a fortune to do nothing ? WTF

[@setildes]

$845K WTF !!!

[@Murphys_Law_Veteran]

She was a coward for not answering (lying that she don't know how much she gets paid). She is ashamed of how much she gets paid because she doesn't earn it an is being overpaid on the tax-payers purse. Disgraceful dead-weight milking the system!!!

[@wyattfamily8997]

No Bureaucrat is "ashamed" they may be embarrassed at times, but will never refuse additional money, at the Taxpayers expense of course.

[@steventosi8067]

Too true

[@oldnutta7611]

Imagine earning so much you don't know or care.

[@wyattfamily8997]

Oh they care, but don't want to answer due to embarrassment, but not shame of course.

[@wwfgumby]

Canberra has the largest average wage in Australia, by far. Also the least capable people earning it.

[@sloth_e]

Not by far at all. 99 thou a year and wa is at 97 thou. It doesn't take many over paid to raise the average amongst 400,000 people. And that's what politicians get paid here but live in their home states.

[@Ernst12]

Notice how carefully they construct their answers to questions to ensure that any information that might be useful or frank is avoided when possible.

[@batmanlives6456]

The public service is so far out of step with private enterprise and REALITY it is staggering There quite often is absolutely no checks and balances to keep them in line … If there is matrices in place to judge they are self imposed and often self created It’s Laughable But it’s OUR money they squander

[@xpusostomos]

Not true, public servants are paid less than their private sector equivalents

[@Ernst12]

@@xpusostomos That's just not true when one looks at the media wage figures between the public service and the private market.

[@ricknatric9398]

Cant define what a woman is dont know how much they get paid GOD SAVE US ALL

[@darylburnet8328]

THANK GOD that God is a real Public Servant.

[@barryjones4973]

Looks like we have our own swamp to drain.

[@bono1961]

The inmates have been given the keys to the asylum. We are doomed. Welcome to Country.

[@actualfacts1055]

26 Voice executives will join the elite bubble on million dollar salaries.

[@mrman1536]

Not if my vote counts.

[@youbigtubership]

1 million? When they start rubber-stamping for global mining interests that'll look like nothing.

[@actualfacts1055]

Don't worry a tribunal won't determine the salaries of the 26 Voice executives, the Voice will determine that.

[@DJ-yj1vg]

elected , sorry SElected by Labor

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

If this lady has anything to do with the voice it will costs Australia a fortune plus more

[@annviolet4727]

Chris Kenny is a member of the Indigenous Senior Indigenous Advisory Group re the Voice. Talk about those who live in a bubble!🤔

[@briananderson7285]

It will be the old shut up an pay ya rent whites.

[@alistairjohnson8185]

That's an obscene amount of money for a public servant.

[@elastotec173]

$845,000 for a public servant - you must be joking!!!! No wonder Australia has a trillion dollar debt - as Peter Costello says we are watching these idiots in government steal from future generations.

[@rossbuchanan3016]

No Bureaucrat or anyone in a public position should be earning more than the Prime Minister! An absolute disgrace!

[@actualfacts1055]

Who are the tribunal, let me guess public servants.

[@adamwestphoto]

I think I feel sick.... or am I angry? We must all be idiots!

[@darylburnet8328]

Im both. My Brother and Outlaw sister work at Parliament House. "Hang on, I BE BACK, just going to THROW UP".

[@markhills3922]

ourtrueaustralia.com

[@dcoghlan100]

This is out of control.Shockly disgusting .God help this once great nation.800+k for what?

[@wyattfamily8997]

A poor memory.

[@lydia3098]

She probably doesn't even know

[@briankinnear9975]

To go to lunch and bullshit

[@parqld]

As a small business operator in this country I find it repugnant that a public servant would be paid $800k. People in government and the public service are clueless to real world issues and realities. It is an insult to those of us in small business that battle each day with the rising costs, including taxes and government over reach (bureaucracy and compliance red tape). The flagrant disregard these people have for spending taxpayers money is reprehensible. Kerry Packer was spot on. It’s no wonder people try and dodge the “system “ , when there is no incentive to try and get ahead. The public service needs to be reduced each year to a more acceptable level.

[@wyattfamily8997]

There are "Public Servants " in Australian Governments that are paid IN EXCESS of $1 MILLION per year, and keep it very quiet, especially from the over 100,000 homeless Australians (10,000 children). It would be interesting to know how many investment properties they own too.

[@steventosi8067]

Criminals in uniform

[@40frankied40]

As someone who is not a small business operator, I'm tired of small business operators Whingeing and whining all the time.

[@Lee-cc9jf]

@@40frankied40 shut up duckhead

[@rapscallion9333]

Outside the sheltered workshop of Canberra, many of these numpties would be unemployable.

[@eliwosalie9965]

Chris Kenny only drip feeds local Australian political problems to the people by what is written scripts on a screen in front of him. We are all going down, we have no future, and no matter what these expert journalists are reporting to us, it is only a matter of time before the people of Australia and across the world will realise that our very existence will mean nothing. It has already started, the homeless numbers are increasing, corrupt elite real estate agents and landlords working in unison for monetary gain, corrupt corporate food chains, fleecing the vulnerable of every last cent of welfare recipients, tradesmen builders not getting paid, work from home employees, the list goes on and it is not only in Australia, it is Global, it is a G7, Agenda 21/30 program and guess what? our interests, our lives, our future is not included, only AI. Right now what we have achieved in our lives have only benefited the corrupt Empire/s across the world, we are all freedom slaves, they’ve been ripping every cent from us since Caesar to build the infrastructures, mighty empires across this planet. Y’all think you know the system, y’all only know how to get educated into a system that only benefits the 1%. Your University graduations are never free, tuitions etc. but only rewarded by higher wages to maintain the corrupt system of global governance. Wake up, take a good look at yourselves my friends because right now, it is time begin to learn the art of survival, they’re already bombarding us all with subliminal survival entertainment reality shows such as Alone, Survivor etc. dangling the golden cash prize carrot, it’s right before your eyes. No matter who is in Government, nothings going to change.

[@GregsKitchen]

A public servant gets paid 840k a year? Are you kidding me?!?!

[@johnpatrick1588]

What will her lifetime pension and benefits cost citizens?

[@Ernst12]

One has to wonder what value some of these public servants are adding to the Australian society and their constituency if they have no idea how much they are paid in remuneration. Also, whenever anyone asks a question there the public servants who are paid by the taxpayer attempt to do their best to provide evasive and convoluted long-winded answer with many qualifications just to avoid answering the question asked.

[@stevencooper3202]

The answer is sero

[@edkaym]

There is no wondering 😂

[@darylburnet8328]

Just ANSWER the question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@batmanlives6456]

She knew exactly how much she was getting Embarrassed over such a huge salary for such poor performance should be addressed People like this don’t earn their wages….

[@jemzargo]

They do what the politicians want and the politicians make the decision to pay them.

[@lynmay4667]

Unbelievable!!

[@nadie2795]

The tactic of paying more for less is where we're headed. Those who actually do something are being phased out of existence.

[@kai_draco]

Problem is they want more $$ for less work, but expect everyone else to work more for less $$.

[@leonie563]

What? A public servant gets paid 30% more than the Prime Minister? C'mon, no way.

[@Eyefillet1969]

Way!!!

[@dirkdiggler9174]

$845k😳 Ohhh of course they go for these jobs to serve the nation and give back to the community . Of course 🤔

[@LDU2U]

You mean the Canberra swamp don't you. They are riding the greatest gravy train.

[@robinwood590]

No-ones worth that amount of money a year, no-one, while people go hungry and homeless.

[@marksavage1108]

Its not a cost of living crisis, its a corporate greed assisted by the corrupt government crisis.

[@guysoceanharmonics]

Absolutely unbelievable, to sit there and say they don't know how much they are paid from taxpayers is just insulting

[@lesleyweber4585]

They are paid too much what a joke.

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

This is sickening

[@lynxau]

50% pay cuts for them all.

[@lucasroe2878]

70% pay cut, and that is still a ridiculous amount of money. She gets paid that much to lie and smirk about it. Disgusting creatures.

[@Vladviking]

People who have to budget their money to survive and stay ahead. KNOW how much money they get paid EVERY MONTH!!!! Truly in a bubble.

[@JoeSmith-bz9to]

Politicians need a pay cut to understand what is really going on!

[@darylburnet8328]

Correct. They dont work any harder than a Parent raising kids and paying rent. Plus Pollies get Travel expenses and Tax benefits we could only dream of. Its true, a relative of mine has worked at Parliament House for years. MORE than that, Jobs are awarded not according to ability but upon who you know. The days of Ancient Rome still exist, they just changed shape.

[@karenjoy4160]

The only way those sick bastards will learn is to have their bank accounts and assets frozen along with their family and close friends .

[@russellcullen9913]

It will neve happen

[@howunacceptibleofme2145]

That's a " yes " vote from me . Sadly I can guarantee there won't be a referendum on that subject.....

[@butterflygirl2285]

IMO - politicians everywhere try to ensure that never happens. It is all about them.

[@mrpotatohead9441]

Yep, as a person who spent a lot of time in Canberra, the bubble truly exists. Fancy not knowing how wealthy you are. These people determine policy for all Australians. Slap in the face.

[@roxyview]

Seems their out of touch with a lot and there is even more they are not telling us! There doing it now! World Health Org is making a power grab and not enough people are aware of it, but why not. Why don't Australians know about this and where is my vote? "Why is Australia Supporting the Pandemic Treaty?" Drop that into a search box and listen to Senator Alex Antic questions :/ WTF go listen to what the treaty involves yourself it is not as he says :/ it is as concerning as he is trying to make it out not to be! We should be concerned an informed, if it is nothing to worry about why is it being done without being fully transparent to Australian people?

[@takethat941]

Outside Canberra bubble is 26 million chickens.

[@gregwaghorn8496]

Some are kiwis....😅

[@herbertvonsauerkrautunterh2513]

Rising taxation. I'm looking at ways to get my hands on my super. It's wasted locked away. I'm coming to the conclusion that the only way to get it and look after my family financially is if I take my own life. That is how much the government cares...

[@metalman2271]

Let them eat cake.

[@lucasroe2878]

Sharpen the guillotines.

[@mclanaford2957]

They are not worth their salary.

[@gondwanatravels8834]

Sack the lot and start again.

[@Caleb-vk9xm]

And our pension age is going up we going to follow France and protest or just go to work.

[@russellcullen9913]

We're is Australia heading?

[@deanhunter1753]

Shes smiling when asked a question a first yr apprentice knows and have a look at that idiot labor senator trying to run cover ! How is that worth 840,000 per yr omg

[@NotYourAveargeAlien]

Why in the hell are we allowing this and many other absurdities like it to continue. I for one am sick and tired of worrying about how to make ends meet. I have worked hard all my life, and wont have enough money to see me into retirement.

[@rvdb8876]

Hear, hear from Belgium.

[@MrHaydnSir]

insane, i’m more than happy to be transparent i make £24k/annum after tax i think i get around £19/20k each month i get a paycheque of £1627 if i didn’t eat or breathe for two decades i’d still not touch her one year income (after tax) outrageous. next to nobody in the public sector should be earning that.

[@wyattfamily8997]

You ned to get your snout into the Bureaucratic trough.

[@pattayaguideorg]

Parasites, and should be treated as such!

[@markspinello5015]

$845,000 per annum. Unreal...

[@TruthWarrior1]

I will be requesting my PAYG tax be put into my pay packet. They can get stuffed.

[@johnpatrick1588]

The Ministers (Cabinet Secretaries) in the US get salaries of AU$330,000 (US$235k)a year to serve 330 million citizens.

[@ruprectgreatrex9153]

there is a woeful shortage of tumbrils in Canberra

[@mickzammit6794]

It's not just Canberra. Here in Qld our premier is trying to build a monument to her memory through Olympic games development while more people go homeless by the day. The lucky country is very selfish now.

[@steventosi8067]

Lucky my ass🇦🇺👎

[@danlonick800]

Those theives don't deserve that much money as salary especially when the reality is they don't do what's needed for the general population. The general population struggle & make lifestyle sacrifices just to get by. The general population don't get paid enough to purchase a house every year. The system is crooked.

[@gregwaghorn8496]

1% dont give a dam about the other 99%

[@PeterMooney-tq3ek]

The public service runs the country not the elected officials

[@robweaver9953]

Bloody outrageous!

[@darylburnet8328]

To be fair, there are many struggling families in the ACT, just like elsewhere. I taught there for many years and our School served breakfast for kids coming to School hungry and cold. Many of the Bubble people would not give you scraps off their table. However some are very generous. Working as a volunteer for St Vincent de Paul I found great poverty and generosity. Growing up in Sydney i saw the same.

[@butterflygirl2285]

We have similar issues in the U.S. issues. By the way, how can someone not know how much he/she is paid???? If that is truly the case, the employee doesn't need to be in a government position.

[@CHRISTOPHER-JOHN-GRAHAM]

They get payed more then most but yet they do nothing except enjoy themselves it's a virus that needs to be deleted if they deny the new laws of the Creed that I am the editor of

[@wyattfamily8997]

I love how they excuse the indecent amount they "earn" as being set by the Independent Remuneration Tribunal, what they forget to mention is, the members of the Tribunal are paid an amount calculated on the salaries THEY SET for Politicians and Bureaucrats, so it also has a vested interest in raising ALL Govermnmet salaries so the Tribunal members also beneifit from "snouts in the trough" syndrome.

[@michaelhourigan8854]

Let's pretend that person works 70 hours a week, that is $233 an hour. A highly skilled tradie who actually adds value might get somewhere around $40 ish an hour.

[@steventosi8067]

Not to mention if your a stinking labourer on $28🤬😤

[@cliffbooth4826]

when is the last time you hired a tradie? At least 100, up to 300 an hour here in the ACT

[@stipitza]

@@cliffbooth4826 Jesus cliff, sign me up. $45 - $50 is the going rate in WA

[@mickj9496]

⁠that’s self employed tradies. As for someone on wages it’s about $40-45 full time.

[@cliffbooth4826]

@@stipitza If I hire a plumber, and he's working at my house for 2 hours.. there's no way in hell I'm paying under 100 dollars lol

[@jemzargo]

Oh to get paid so much that you don't even need pay any attention to what you're actually getting. Bliss.

[@leevan2332]

Politicians wages are disgusting!

[@morganoox3838]

Imagine having so much money you don't even know how much you get paid.

[@carolyndee4565]

Thank you all to who voted Labor. But then the Liberals are the same. When are people going to stop voting for the main parties? Things will NEVER change

[@TheLadyAnt1]

When the governor of the RBA comes out with the inane statement "get a flatmate or go home to parents' one has to wonder just where we are all going & where in the name of hell we will wind up!!

[@lydia3098]

$845, 000 per year!!! No wonder she is clueless when it comes to the cost of living crisis. She probably has a handful of advisers that tell her what to do.

[@dadycool501]

This is why inflations is so high it’s not us it’s them but we paid a price for it 🤨🤫

[@ingridkarm8922]

the only people that dont know how much they get paid are those that have zero need to budget to make sure they can feed their family and keep the lights on

[@ruvanefriebus-cv6td]

While South African looted taxpayers money was found in Canberra commodities and business accounts

[@michaeldaniels3018]

So the departmental secretary get $427 per hour. OMG. We are being fleeced by our public servants.

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

This creates bad politicians who serve themselves.

[@ETERNITY777]

GOVERNMENT KNOW WHAT THEY DO THATS HOW THEY CONTROL CITIZENS BY POVERTY WAKE UP ALL SHEEP OUT THERE .......

[@Stella-iy4zf]

No bureaucrat in Australia is worth anywhere near that $835,000

[@mickmiddle3331]

Getting on to the government purse is like winning Tattslotto. They are 'Set For Life' earning over $20,000 every month for 20 plus years. They are all disgusting grifters.

[@theoldieprojects1814]

Wowee. $250,000 a year, that's $4,807 a week, PLUS allowances. Man alive! Most people I know, are aware of every penny they earn every week, and feel lucky to take home around $700 a week, after tax, and rent alone is about $450+ a week, even for a crappy 1 bedroom unit in regional Queensland. Talk about being out of touch with reality!

[@willdsm08]

They set the remuneration for these people at a commensurate rate for someone in business running a company with a similar budget. This is supposed to make sure they retain the best people for the job and won't lose them to the private sector. The problem is, public servants don't have to manage their departments or budgets to a similar degree (there is always more money), nor will they lose their jobs if they mess up. At 845k per year, it works out to 32,500 per fortnight. I am on a pension, and last year I received 23,600 for the entire year.

[@ross4970]

Really impressed with the contribution the teal Karen's or so called independent's have made. Worth every mega dollar.

[@anthonyyoung9810]

The system in this country is rotten to the core. What an absolute disgrace!

[@trevorpridham5644]

we have plenty of voice's, we need ears

[@AnthonyTolhurst-dw1nc]

Words words words words words words words words words

[@Gungho1a]

Come the revolution. Social reset.

[@Anthony-os8id]

These people are Not worth the money we pay.

[@danieldunstan]

How is it allowed to remunerate a public servant (beurocrat) so high, for a job that simply coordinates chats with politicians and executive staff?

[@theoldieprojects1814]

$845,650 total remuneration a year???????? WOWEEEEEEE! Grab a calculator everyone! That's $2,316 A DAY! 365 days a year!!!!! That's over $16,000 a week! What planet is the person living on who determines these wages?

[@robertruggiero9999]

And even worse … that departmental secretary on $880k only got the job because of what is between her legs

[@coreybear4829]

Let’s halve their pay - they won’t notice and why shouldn’t they have to live off a salary near what everyone else gets? To lead effectively they need to fully appreciate the challenge of the people they lead…. Maybe they’d be less inclined to make stupid decisions

[@mrawesome5975]

If the prime minister is the highest position in public service then no public servant / bureaucrat should be paid more than the prime minister

[@michaelconnolly4382]

That wage for a Public Servant is obscene, and there would be allowances/car/phone etc. This rot regardless of who is in power needs to be stopped.

[@mattmacca3990]

So out of touch 🤦‍♂️

[@paulmarshall248]

argh...um...arh... really i dont know ... would a month of my salary be more than an an um argh um average wage earner?? i dont know um arh ....

[@beauzo9965]

What is the criteria for a pay cut

[@lockl9255]

This is the recourse when too many bureaucrats are gorging themselves at the tax payers though.

[@stevewiles7132]

So much money coming in they don't have to worry about it.

[@peterjohnston8116]

Every one in Canberra knows what they are paid, it is part of the “social structure” pecking order of the public service.

[@Darkmattermonkey77]

Either you’re lying because it’s an obscene amount, or you’re honest and you make so much, you don’t have to even budget what you pay for. Both answers are unacceptable for public servants.

[@wyattfamily8997]

The word "servant" is surely a joke in Canberra as it implies they work for the peoples benefit, not their own.

[@chrisburnett4742]

Mr Kenny’s pointless whining about payments to public servants ignores the fact that the Au Govt paid $1.4 billion to the Big Four consultancies last year. This is a five fold increase from a decade ago. This is the big story. The diminishing of the PS has seen us outsource public jobs to private consultancies that pretend to be “experts” on everything. These external “experts” just so happen to donate $millions annually to our political parties for which they are showered in the gold of Govt contracts which make their donations the best investment in town. As PWC has proven - they can’t be trusted. KPMG have exhibited similar criminal behaviour in the US & Canada.

[@sylviawallace4379]

Disgusting, disgraceful

[@brothermaynard3200]

Presumably these people sign and lodge income tax returns?

[@vernonwhite4660]

They are all paid too much. 40% reduction