Parliamentary Salaries
Sir, —Your editorial, as with your handling of Omega, must surely show to many readers the role of the press within the capitalist State. with the earnings of parliamentarians in
Australia are carefully drawn, but no mention was made by “The Press” of the wage, earner’s counterpart overseas The fact that many parliamentarians have a business or farm tucked away, or that they did not have to rely on overtime to make a living wage, as did the wage-earner, is discreetly forgotten. The wage-earner has had overtime cut, along with increased costs of living, devaluation, and growing unemployment. The average wage packet has fallen in relative value much more than that of the parliamentarian. Good parliamentary salaries do not mean good representation. On the contrary. Parliament has little power in itself, and is there only to administer the State for international monopoly, which can only be at the electors’ expense. Yours, etc., P. G. SUTTON. July 6, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31725, 8 July 1968, Page 10
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