Less work, more pay

West Australian Education Department director-general Sharyn O'Neill recently received a pay rise of roughly $50,000.00 taking her salary to well above $400,000.00. This pay increase coming in spite of a significant decrease in responsibility, with TAFE management now under control of the newly established Department of Training and Workforce Development.

In Western Australia's booming economy less work warrants more pay, at least for the state's top bureaucrats.