Monday, February 18, 2008

rudd's salary

quoted from today's SMH


A whole Parliament gets paid the same as one executive


THE chief executive of Macquarie Bank earns more in a year than the entire Federal Parliament.
The 226 members of Parliament will receive $32.4 million this year, a Herald analysis has found. The outgoing chief executive of Macquarie Bank, Allan Moss, received a $33.5 million salary and bonus package last year. His replacement, Nicholas Moore, earned $32.9 million.