<iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3L4M3" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">

Flat White

Palaszczuk’s pork for public servants: sleaze supreme, even by Queensland standards

1 April 2020

3:03 PM

1 April 2020

3:03 PM

My sister is an economist for the Ontario government in Canada. She’s a public servant. Until last year the pay of Ontario public servants had been frozen – wait for it – for seven years. They got a small, one-time adjustment last year.  And they’re frozen again.  That’s in Canada’s largest province. 

I start with that little sidenote because my wife and I woke this morning to the news Queensland’s 224,000 public servants (a number massively increased since Labor came back into office in the state in 2015) were set to receive a three per cent increase.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Subscribe for just $2 a week

Try a month of The Spectator Australia absolutely free and without commitment. Not only that but – if you choose to continue – you’ll pay just $2 a week for your first year.

  • Unlimited access to spectator.com.au and app
  • The weekly edition on the Spectator Australia app
  • Spectator podcasts and newsletters
  • Full access to spectator.co.uk
Or

Unlock this article

REGISTER


Comments

Don't miss out

Join the conversation with other Spectator Australia readers. Subscribe to leave a comment.

Already a subscriber? Log in

Close