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Senator’s highest-paid public servant claim misses the mark

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By Matthew Elmas Verified, Felicity Neale Verified
| The Mandarin Verified
What was claimed The government is paying the national fuel supply co-ordinator the equivalent of $1 million per year, making it the highest-paid public service role. FACTCHECK verdict False. The co-ordinator is being paid $233,676 for a three-month contract, and even when annualised, she isn’t the highest-paid public servant.
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Migration blame game ignores bipartisan worker push

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By Matthew Elmas Verified
| Yahoo News Australia Verified
Matthew Elmas Wed 24 June 2026 at 1:39 am UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Labor and the coalition continue to blame each other for Australia's migration rates. Yet only a few years ago, both parties were pushing in the same direction. In 2022, Labor was introducing measures to attract more migrants, while the coalition argued the government was moving too slowly to bring them in.
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Senator's highest-paid public servant claim misses the mark

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By Matthew Elmas Verified
| Inkl
False. The co-ordinator is being paid $233,676 for a three-month contract and even when annualised she isn't the highest-paid public servant. AAP FACTCHECK - A Liberal senator claims the government is "forking out a million dollars" for its new fuel supply taskforce co-ordinator, making it Australia's highest-paid public service role, but that's not right.
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