28 Aug 2019

MP pay freeze ends, govt to vote on new pay system

From Morning Report, 7:13 am on 28 August 2019

MPs will vote today on a new way to set their pay - it looks a lot like the old way and neither the Greens nor Act is happy about it.

Since 2015 the Remuneration Authority has been required to use a formula which was introduced with the aim of stopping pay rises that looked too generous.

Today Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway will introduce a bill to Parliament that restores the authority's independence in determining MPs' pay. RNZ political reporter Yvette McCullough has the story.