In May last year John Key made these comments on wage growth:
“We will be looking at wage moderation across the state sector at all angles…Clearly the more pressures there are on wages the more difficult it will be for departmental managers to keep current staffing levels…restraint is going to be necessary right across the public sector.”
So is John Key living up to his own standards, or is this just a rule for everyone else? Consider these facts:
- As of June 2009 the number of staff working in the Beehive earning over $100,000 a year had doubled since the same time in 2008 when Labour was in government
- 16 ministerial staff received a pay rise in 2009, yet Key is refusing to release any information about them
Why does John Key think that those working in ministerial offices should be subject to different standards to those working in the rest of the public sector? Or does he just believe that there should be one rule for himself and another for everyone else?
Note: I haven’t asked Key to provide any information that would identify individual staff. I’ve simply asked what % increase the staff got and what salary bands they were in. Perhaps Key just thinks the answer is too embarrassing?
