Mark Mitchell: Police Minister on the rejection of latest pay offer to the Police - The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The Government says the latest pay offer to Police is the best it can do as the country is basically broke.  

Three quarters of officers have voted ‘NO’ and a decision now sits with an impartial arbitrator. 

The Police Association says it's 4% below what teachers have been offered, which is a slap in the face. 

Police Minister Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking that the package is a quarter-of-a-billion dollars better than the offer that went forward in August.  

He says for the first time they've been offered paid overtime, a lump sum payment of $1,500, and a 4% salary increase for three years. 

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