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[Zorba]

SA Senator Nick Xenophon says it is embarrassing that federal MPs have awarded themselves a $5500 salary boost, months after winning a $44,000 pay rise.
The 3 per cent pay rise, quietly handed down this week, is almost double the inflation rate and is being derided by one senior figure as the "pollies' own carbon tax compo".
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott would not be drawn on whether MP salary increases should face public hearings, as suggested by Senator Xenophon, saying he was comfortable with what he was paid.
"I never forget that the taxpayers of Australia pay my salary," Mr Abbott said.
"I think that the average Australian, those people who work hard and struggle to meet their bills at the end of the week or month, they want politicians to make their burdens easier, not heavier.
"That's my job, to reduce the burdens faced by the Australian people, and that's why I'm so determined to get rid of this carbon tax.

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[whooshka 100%]

Classic ministerial reply. Instead of responding to the question, make an unrelated statement.

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[Blue Tongued Skink]

I am a devoted scholar of the corperate press,... gambling reforms will kill us all.