Business wants pay rises for Australia’s lowest paid workers limited to 2% – but what about executives?

CBA boss Matt Comyn, Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox and the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Andrew McKellar. Composite: AAP/Getty Images

As business groups increase calls for wage restraint for Australia’s lowest paid workers, their voices turn largely silent when asked about their own executive pay plans.

Guardian Australia asked the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which has told the Fair Work Commission to limit any minimum pay increase to 2%, if it would adhere to the same wage restraint for its own chief executive.