NSW Labor Wants Probe of RFS Chief’s Raise

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks at a press conference in Homebush, Sydney, Australia on July 14, 2020. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

AUSTRALIA—New South Wales Labor is calling for an independent investigation into the NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner’s 11 percent pay rise amid a pay freeze for public servants.

RFS chief Rob Rogers had his total annual salary lifted from $403,905 to $450,012 on July 13, the Sun-Herald reports.