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December 20th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
CANBERRA’S Parliament has been exposed as Australia’s toughest workplace – and federal MPs as the most demanding bosses – with a staggering 80 per cent staff burnout in just three years.
Millions of dollars are being wasted on redundancy payments and retraining often-inexperienced staff following a mass exodus of advisers from the national capital.
For the first time, The Courier-Mail can reveal 1202 staff – out of an annual pool of 1531 – resigned or had their employment terminated in the three years since 2009.
And while their bosses last week celebrated a 32 per cent salary hike, political staffers have been offered just 3 per cent as the Government battles to bring the Budget under control.
Frustrated staff are demanding higher overtime payments and better redundancy arrangements and say a failure to achieve a “fairer” outcome will see Canberra’s mass exodus continue.
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The Finance Department – which is engaged in tough pay talks with staff representatives – was forced to reveal the employment data. It shows how the 24/7 demands of working for MPs has created an employment revolving door.
The turnover of staff employed by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and their parliamentary colleagues is three times the workplace average.
Nearly 400 staff left this year alone – including 245 who resigned and 59 whose employment was terminated.
Last year – during the election period – 521 staff received their marching orders or resigned. Of this number, 235 lost their jobs due to “loss of office”.
A further 300 staff – working for the Government, Opposition, Greens and Independent MPs – left in 2009.
The revelations come as Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten lays out plans for a review of the Government’s workplace laws – which were introduced by Labor to better protect workers from unscrupulous employers.
“We are fed up with being treated as second-class employees,” one long-serving Government staffer told The Courier-Mail.
Another senior adviser said: “They are not jobs, they are lifestyles. You travel a lot and are always on call, particularly with the 24-hour media cycle.”
Every MP and senator receives four electorate staff while Government ministers and Opposition frontbenchers are also allocated “personal” staff. All are employed under the Members of Parliament Act.
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