Summary Of Payments To Ministerial Staff Due To Deferral Period

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The Department of Finance disclosed a summary of additional salary and allowances totalling $678,817 paid to ministerial staff due to extended deferral periods beyond an initial 8-week period. The payments covered nine staff members across adviser and senior adviser classifications, with individual amounts ranging from $22,866 to $172,625. The gross amounts included applicable allowances such as Personal Staff Allowance and Private-Plated Vehicle Allowance. The document indicates that multiple staff members at each classification level had their deferral periods extended, though specific reasons for the extensions and the extended timeframe duration are not detailed in the released excerpt.