The Wire

The Federal government has been under pressure over the last month after the Commonwealth Remuneration Tribunal ruled on a package that could see Federal MP wages increased by up to 5 thousand dollars a year. After a small victory for minimum wage earners in the Industrial Relations Tribunal last week, which saw wages increased by 17 dollars a week, others are pointing to the large discrepencies between the 200 dollar a week rise in Federal MP wages and those on the lowest income. Charles Gregory reports.