INCREASE IN SALARIES
MEMBERS AND MINISTERS BILL PASSED IN CANBERRA Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright CANBERRA, May 12. (Received May 12, at 12.30 p.m.) A Bill to increase the salaries of members of Parliament and Ministers, and to provide a special allowance for the Prime Minister, was passed by the House of Representatives. The effect will be .to restore members’ salaries to the pre-depression rate of £I,OOO a year, raise the Prime Minister’s to approximately £4,000 a year, and increase the allowance to the Speaker and the President of the Senate from £1,942 to £2,300.
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Evening Star, Issue 22955, 12 May 1938, Page 2
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94INCREASE IN SALARIES Evening Star, Issue 22955, 12 May 1938, Page 2
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