Forget the World Cup. Expenses and allowances are still the real football of the moment.
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What's in a backbench MP's package?
It's taken months, but we finally know that a backbencher gets a total package around $180,000. Revealing those sort of details is the only way to bring the rules and public expectation back into line
Read More"Overpaid" MPs are the canaries in the coal mine
New Zealand's politicians do get paid a lot—if you are on the average wage. But that's not who they are compared to anymore
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