Tamworth councillors vote up 3 per cent pay rise

The Northern Daily Leader

Tamworth councillors have voted to give themselves the maximum amount of pay allowed by the state government, despite backlash from residents on social media. Video by Peter Hardin

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00:00People are entitled to their opinion, but here's the reality.

00:04The councillors that we work with, and the councillors on this particular council,

00:08work extremely hard and commit themselves with a lot of hours to unseen work that the community aren't aware of.

00:14The councillors on this particular council work extremely hard and commit themselves with a lot of hours

00:20to unseen work that the community aren't aware of.

00:23Getting through papers, getting through decisions, going and attending various events.

00:27The greatest example I can give you is if you want to maintain a great standard of leadership within local government,

00:33then you need to make it not so much attractive, but you don't want to make it a hindrance or a blockage to people to go there

00:39if it's going to cost those people their own personal money to do it.

00:43At the end of the day, we're talking about 30 cents an hour to a councillor to continue to do the great work they do.

00:50So anyone who has an opinion and they're outraged, I find it extraordinary.

00:55No one in this country would expect anyone to, at their own personal cost,

01:00considering that some of our councillors have young families and businesses,

01:04and they're fixing this up in the middle of all that work as well.

01:07It's a fantastic effort by the councillors and I commend them for it, and I really don't see the argument.

01:11I know, that there is a problem in several aspects.

01:14Look at me on the thing!

01:16I understand.

01:18I don't know.

01:20I'm a merchant and I love to be living.

01:24I'm a merchant and I'm a merchant and I'm an merchant and I'm a merchant and I'm a merchant.

01:28I'm a merchant and I'm a merchant and I've got to go the other side.

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