Hill Climbers

Top backbench staffers get salary boost, can earn $68,000

Although the real money can still to be found by working for ministers, staffers can be paid up to $105,000

Senior political aides working for backbench and opposition MPs have something to smile about now that the Commons Board of Internal Economy has approved an increase to the maximum amount their bosses can pay them.

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