An upper house MP has argued members should be given additional payment to sit on committees.
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Windermere independent MLC Ivan Dean has made the suggestion to the Tasmanian Industrial Commission as they review state parliamentarian salaries and allowances.
At present, sitting fees are only available to members who chair committees and the exclusion of fees to other members meant there was a reluctance to fill committee positions, he said.
"There is an extra workload on committee members in attending meetings and the work required outside the sitting periods," Mr Dean said.
"It is of little surprise that some members have no interest in seeking positions on joint house committees in particular."
The commission has set a March date to complete its detailed review.
It has determined until then, salaries and allowances will be increased according to the Wage Price Index for salaries and the Consumer Price Index for allowances which means the state's politicians will receive a pay boost in July.
The basic parliamentary salary increased by 2.4 per cent to $136,765 last year.
A parliamentarian’s motor vehicle allowance went up 1.3 per cent to $16,081.
Electorate allowances increased by the same rate with between $43,498 and $52,727 being paid out to members in House of Assembly electorates and between $31,635 and $50,090 paid out to Legislative Council electorates.
Unions Tasmania raised with the commission the government’s policy to cap state service salary increases.
"Government has a leading role in wage growth in our state,” the union said.
“The Tasmanian Government's continuing wage cap of two per cent for the state service contributes to our overall low wage growth and signals to other employers that decent wage rises are not the norm.
“In our view, wage increases should be seen in real terms."
Treasurer Peter Gutwein in Parliament last week was firm that the government would not change its wages policy.
“If wages increase by just one per cent more than what we budgeted for, it will cost tax payers an extra $27 million each year, with a compounding impact in the fourth year of more than $100 million each and every year,” he said.