Letters to the editor: Wednesday, June 28, 2017

June 28 2017 - 6:00am
Brian Lee, of Riverside, is disgusted that federal politicians are receiving a pay rise while workers are being stripped of their weekend penalty rates.
Brian Lee, of Riverside, is disgusted that federal politicians are receiving a pay rise while workers are being stripped of their weekend penalty rates.

Politician pay rise

I READ with total nausea the news that within a week of stripping workers of their weekend penalty rates, Australian federal politicians have gained a pay rise of around 2 per cent. As mongrel acts go, this is up there with the best. Reason being that the government doesn't want to lose our "talented people" to the private sector. Not much chance of that, most of these clowns would be unemployable in the private sector. And what really shows the contempt for the Australian people, is the defence thrown up by the pollies.  Give me a break.

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