Labor government bloodbath of top public servants<\/a>, and Ms Bray both enjoy bigger taxpayer-funded pension payments.<\/p>\nSenior government sources say superannuation increases reflect higher base salary rates.<\/p>\n
Taxpayers pay Ms Bray $58,899 extra from her previous $470,256 annual salary when she signed a five-year contract in May 2023 after beating more than 60 applicants to lead the embattled agency. <\/p>\n
Her contract\u2019s base salary is $393,659 while she also gets a $9186 \u201ccar park\u201d and other undisclosed \u201caccessories\u201d.<\/p>\n
She is paid 20 per cent more than former DCP chief Cathy Taylor\u2019s $423,140 pay packet.<\/p>\n
Treasurer and Public Sector Minister Tom Koutsantonis revealed in his budget this year a partial public service jobs freeze that will stop 1000 hires and save taxpayers $120m.<\/p>\n
But the budget also revealed DCP\u2019s budget blew out more than $135m to $1.014b. <\/p>\n
Public Service Association general secretary, Charlotte Watson, criticised bigger executive salaries that \u201cfamilies don\u2019t benefit from\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt a time when the cost of living is strangling \u2026 households and when Premier Malinauskas keeps reminding us we must manage the state\u2019s debt and \u2018not be like Victoria\u2019, these extraordinary executive salaries are eye-watering,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Australians are right to question the government\u2019s priorities. How can the Government justify a massive pay rise at the top while leaving the workers behind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither Mr Whelan, Ms Bray or their bosses, Transport Minister Joe Szakacs and new Cabinet colleague, Child Protection Minister Alice Rolls, would comment. <\/p>\n
But in a government statement, Mr Koutsantonis\u2019 spokesman defended the pay rises.<\/p>\n
Refusing to say who authorised them, he said Commissioner for Public Sector Employment, Erma Ranieri, gave executive pay advice \u201cusing an established job evaluation methodology\u201d that consultancy Mercer developed.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs part of this process, consideration may be given to a range of factors, including benchmarking with equivalent interstate roles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said chief executive contracts include provision for a \u201cremuneration review to be requested\u201d. <\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThe salary increases referenced represent the first such review of these roles since these CEs commenced them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the last general CE pay rise was three per cent while the government\u00a0\u201cmakes no apology\u201d for \u201cconstraining the growth of non-frontline public sector roles\u201d to help pay for \u201cgenerational investments\u201d in health, education and infrastructure while keeping budget surpluses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the state\u2019s highest paid bureaucrats who earn more than the Premier have sparked outrage after 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