Australia s highest-paid council boss earns more money than the prime minister and US president, it has been revealed. Brisbane City Council CEO Colin Jensen likely earns the most money out of any council chief in the country, taking home an annual salary of at least $700,000. By comparison, US President Joe Biden takes home a base salary of $519,000, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison an annual salary of $549,250. Both men s earnings are also trumped by the highest-paid council executive in NSW, City of Parramatta Council CEO Brett Newman, who earns $633,853. The council salaries have been highlighted by the NSW Office of Local Government, which looked at pay packages across the country in a bid to figure out if the payments in NSW should be curbed.
Victoria s snap-seven day lockdown is set to be extended for up to two weeks
Policymakers and health officials held late-night crisis talks on Tuesday
Victoria recorded six locally acquired cases on Wednesday from 51,033 tests
The rapidly-spreading outbreak has now climbed to 60 locally-acquired cases
Yet another vulnerable aged care facility is quarantined after being exposed
NSW issued an urgent alert that a Covid-positive case travelled across NSW
COVID-19 testing on the NSW South Coast has ramped up after a potentially infectious person visited Jervis Bay recently but no new cases have been detected in the state.