'No, minister': How senior public servants knocked back Coalition's bonus pay

By Markus Mannheim
Updated July 13 2016 - 8:08am, first published July 10 2016 - 12:25pm
Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos has said the Liberals are philosophically committed to performance pay for public servants Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Cabinet Secretary Arthur Sinodinos has said the Liberals are philosophically committed to performance pay for public servants Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry was denied a bonus in 2007 when his speech criticising water policy was leaked. Photo: Sasha Woolley
Former Treasury secretary Ken Henry was denied a bonus in 2007 when his speech criticising water policy was leaked. Photo: Sasha Woolley

Australia's top public servants have refused for almost three years a directive to pay themselves bonuses.

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