The Kiribati parliament has made substantial changes to the allowances paid to MPs during the sitting of the house.
Under the old arrangement MPs who normally live on South Tarawa or Betio got ten Australian dollars a day while MPs from the outer islands got 150 dollars.
Now the local MPs are to get 50 dollars a day and those from the outer islands will receive 100 dollars.
The Kiribati Independent reports there were objections but the bill passed easily.
