Finance Minister Mathias Cormann resists pay cuts for MPs during the Coronavirus crisis

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann is standing against growing calls for federal politicians to take a pay cut during the coronavirus crisis.

Senator Cormann told the remuneration tribunal to institute a pay freeze but refuses to go further.

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"Right now, politicians are probably working harder than they ever have," he told ABC radio.

"This is the most intense period in my working life that I am going through, and I think it's the same for most if not all of my colleagues."

The federal parliament will meet on today to pass a $130 billion wage subsidy program designed to save six million jobs.

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