A Fair Price For Politicians

JOHN CONDE, the head of the Federal Government's Remuneration Tribunal has just dropped a hot issue into the Government's lap - what should be an appropriate salary for a federal minister or member of parliament. It seems timely, the day Mr Conde declared parliamentarians are underpaid and cabinet ministers earn about $100,000 a year less than the public service chiefs they supposedly direct, one MP appears to have been seeking to augment his salary by some freelance photography.