Perth Mint paid $7.7 million to staff at a time when there was a government wages freeze. The WA Premier insists he was unaware of the incentive payments.
Mark McGowan says he did not know about the bonuses being paid to Gold Corp.abc.net.au/news/perth-mint-public-sector-wages-bonuses-mcgowan/102173616The trouble-plagued Perth Mint paid millions of dollars in staff bonuses at the same time as its West Australian government owners were imposing tight wage caps on public servants.Premier Mark McGowan says he was told there were restrictions on paymentsWA Premier Mark McGowan on Friday acknowledged he was unaware that $7.
Annual reports filed by Gold Corp show the state-owned entity shelled out $1.4 million in 2018-19, $2.8 million in 2019-20 and $3.5 million in 2020-21 in a bid to "motivate all staff". The payments were made through a separate scheme to one paused by Mr McGowan in 2017 under which senior staff at Perth Mint were able to collect more lucrative bonuses based on their performance.At the time of the incentive payments, other workers in the public sector were subject to wage price increases of $1,000 a year, while senior mandarins, judges and politicians had their pay frozen.
Mr McGowan, who was visiting Albany, said he had been told there were restrictions to the bonuses that were paid to Gold Corp staff. "The advice I have was that there was some restriction on the bonuses which caused some angst amongst some of the staff at the Gold Corp," Mr McGowan said.
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