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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: The public servants paid more than PM; Kean’s climate broadside; and Heeney’s comeback wish

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A question by Barbara Pocock has unearthed that many public servants earn more than the prime minister. Photograph: Steve Christo/Corbis/Getty Images

Morning everyone. A question on notice submitted by a Greens senator has produced an insight into the pay of top public servants, with 11 paid more than $1m last year.

Climate chief Matt Kean has attacked the approval of a huge new coal project in New South Wales, Isaac Heeney says he “can’t wait” to play for the Swans again despite ongoing police investigations, Australian scientists make a breakthrough about a common infection affecting millions of women, and high school protests in France escalate into “urban violence”.

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