The Government says the latest pay offer to Police is the best it can do as the country is basically broke.  

Three quarters of officers have voted ‘NO’ and a decision now sits with an impartial arbitrator. 

The Police Association says it's 4% below what teachers have been offered, which is a slap in the face. 

Police Minister Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking that the package is a quarter-of-a-billion dollars better than the offer that went forward in August.  

He says for the first time they've been offered paid overtime, a lump sum payment of $1,500, and a 4% salary increase for three years. 

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