New Zealand police are facing a growing exodus to Australia due to significantly higher pay offers, particularly in the Northern Territory, with officials acknowledging the difficulty of competing with Australian salary packages and incentives.
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Chris Bishop is with us. After five o'clock, we'll get him to explain how he's planning to pay for this thing. 9292 is the text number. Now to the police, the police association is slamming the latest payoffer that's been made to constabulary staff and managers. The association says the payoff amounts to 0.6% for staff, and managers are not being offered any pay rise at all. Steve Watt is the police association president. Hi, Steve. George Heather. Gee, 0.6% is is not much, is it?
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driven by financial dissatisfaction
Steve Watt: Police Association President on the new pay bump being promised to officersa growing concern over Kiwi cops leaving for Australia
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