Re: Drivers massive pay rise

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

<james_shugg@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, the London allowance is included in the £25k.
>
> Australian average weekly earnings are A$784, so that makes about $40k
> per year.

So based on that, UK drivers are paid 1.5 times average earnings, whilst
Sydney drivers (based on info we have here) are  paid just below it. They
are underpaid as far as other train drivers go, but not as far as their
fellow Australians are concerned.

Dave