Salary Increase for Members of Parliament
Parliamentary Remuneration Amendment (Basic Salary) Bill 2025
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Introduced by: The Hon Chris Minns MP (ALP) — Premier; The Hon Penny Sharpe MLC (ALP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Chris Rath LIB
“On behalf of the Opposition, I indicate that the Opposition will support the Parliamentary Remuneration Amendment (Basic Salary) Bill 2025. I think we are the only 42 people in the whole of Australia who go to their boss and say, "Please, please, do not give me a pay rise. We don’t want one.”
News articles and press releases
Parliamentary Remuneration Amendment (Basic Salary) Bill 2025
Mr RON HOENIG, Minister for Local Government — 2025-08-05
The Parliamentary Remuneration Amendment (Basic Salary) Bill 2025 proposes amendments to the Parliamentary Remuneration Act 1989 to limit the basic salary increase for members of both Houses of the New South Wales Parliament to 3.5 per cent from 1 July 2025 for the 2025-26 financial year. The bill will override the Parliamentary Remuneration Tribunal’s recent determination that there should be a 4 per cent increase in the basic salary from 1 July 2025. Instead, the basic salary will appropriately be increased by 3.5 per cent only.