Table 18: Senior Staff salary ranges at 30 June 2008 and 30 June 200920
Classification |
30 June 2008 | 30 June 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum ($) per annum | Maximum ($) per annum |
Minimum ($) per annum | Maximum ($) per annum |
||
| Ministerial Senior Staff | |||||
| Principal Adviser | 132,800 | 192,400 | 138,776 | 201,058 | |
| Senior Adviser (Chief of Staff Cabinet) and Media Adviser (Deputy PM / Treasurer) |
100,900 | 136,100 | 105,441 | 142,225 | |
| Senior Adviser 2 (PM / Deputy PM / Treasurer) | 117,900 | 140,400 | 123,206 | 146,718 | |
| Senior Adviser 1 (Cabinet) | 85,500 | 129,700 | 89,348 | 135,537 | |
| Senior Adviser (Chief of Staff) / Senior Adviser 1 (non-Cabinet) and Senior Media Adviser |
85,500 | 116,400 | 89,348 | 121,638 | |
| Special Adviser (Personal Classification) | 79,600 | 103,500 | 83,182 | 108,158 | |
| Opposition, Minority Party and Presiding Officers’ Senior Staff | |||||
| Chief of Staff (Leader of the Opposition) | 100,900 | 136,100 | 105,441 | 142,225 | |
| Senior Adviser / Media Adviser (Leader of the Opposition) | 85,500 | 129,700 | 89,348 | 135,537 | |
| Senior Adviser | 85,500 | 116,400 | 89,348 | 121,638 | |
| Senior Media Adviser | 85,500 | 116,400 | 89,348 | 121,638 | |
| Special Adviser (Personal Classification) | 79,600 | 103,500 | 83,182 | 108,158 | |
All Senior Staff also receive Ministerial Staff Allowance (MSA) in recognition of long and irregular hours required in addition to the ordinary hours of duty and other special features of employment. The rate of MSA as at 30 June 2008 was $17,719 per annum. The rate of MSA as at 30 June 2009 was $18,900 per annum.
Footnotes
20 Increased salaries as at 30 June 2009 are due to a 4.5 per cent salary increase and adjustments to salary ranges, which were effective from 25 March 2009.