(which are on our web site as per below) show that my salary is $155,000. We are a non profit that is registered as a company limited by guarantee by ASIC and our salaries are set by regular benchmarking across the non profit sector in Australia. Mark Chenery : 25 Apr 2012 5:52:02am What gets me Archie is that opinion poll after opinion poll shows strong support for the aid program. So why do politicians think cutting the aid budget is the way to go? Is it because supporters of aid are all talk and no action? Is there anyone in Australia that would vote differently based on how much aid a particular party promises to give? We like to think of ourselves as a generous nation, but we consistently rate lower than others on how much we give to aid. Perhaps we're all hypocrites. Dingo : Archie, You said - Yet it is patently clear the government has decided to break this promise. And you are suprised; Labor has made an art of breaking promises and the answer os simple - WASTE. Another point, my wife and I visited Fiji last week and witnessed the devastation, damage to infrastructure. However, it was significantly more distressing because I knew that Australia had only given $1 million to help, yet we allocated $63 million for free Legal Aid to refugees. Also, we spend $billions on futile wars in countries on the other side of the world. How can Politicians be so