Members of Papua New Guinea's parliamentary staff staged a protest on Thursday over their pay, briefly holding up parliament proceedings.
The staff are demanding the Speaker's office implement a new pay structure promised to begin last January.
This protestor said they've had enough of waiting years for a new structure.
"Because all the top management and the middle management, they've got their new structures and we are still left out. You can see Moresby's a very expensive place to live in. Staff especially, they are struggling: rental, food, the salary cannot cater for."
The Speaker sent his first secretary to hear the protesting staff and said the new pay structure would arrive in September.
Official from PNG Speaker's office responds to protesting parliamentary staff. Photo: Johnny Blades RNZI
