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WINNER: Gerry Wood WINNER/LOSER: Dave Tollner WINNER: Kezia Purick

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WINNER: Kon Vatskalis just came out on top by moving into politics

WINNERKezia Purick (CLP, Goyder)Salary: $125,000, plus $31,075 as deputyOpposition Leader.As the head of the Minerals Council, Ms Purick wouldn’thave earned much more than $80,000 a year.WINNERMarion Scrymgour (ALP, Arafura)Salary: $125,000, plus $20,716 as chairwoman of theEnvironment and Sustainable Development Committee.She was the chief executive of the Katherine West HealthBoard and would have earned a good salary, although notwhat she gets now. Before taking over the health board,Ms Scrymgour was a private health consultant with thefederal and Territory governments, and earned morethan she does now.WINNERPeter Styles (CLP, Sanderson)Salary: $125,000.Mr Styles was in the police force for more than 20 years.He was a senior constable and would today earn$70,456, plus a 20 per cent loading in lieu of penalties.WINNER/LOSERDave Tollner (CLP, Fong Lim)Salary: $125,000.Mr Tollner was under-employed between losing hisfederal seat of Solomon in November 2007 and winningthe NT seat of Fong Lim in August 2008.As a federal MHR, he earned 3 per cent more than heearns now as a Member of the Legislative Assembly inDarwin. But word has it that he picked up — or wasoffered — well-paying consultancy jobs between goingfrom the Big House to the Little House.WINNER ... justKon Vatskalis (ALP, Casuarina)Salary: $125,000, plus $62,152 as a Cabinet Minister.Mr Vatskalis would probably be a fairly senior publicservant in the Health Department if he had stayedaway from politics. As an EC01, he would earn about$168,000 a year.‘‘And I would get six weeks holiday, wouldn’t have towork seven days a week and would have a union.’’

WINNERLynne Walker (ALP, Nhulunbuy)Salary: $125,000As community engagement officer for Alcan, the formerteacher would have earned less than $100,000a year.WINNERWillem Westra van Holthe (CLP, Katherine)Salary: $125,000.As a police sergeant in Katherine, he would have earned$98,000 a year, plus overtime.WINNERGerry Wood (Ind, Nelson)Salary: $125,000, plus $20,716 as chairman of the Councilof Territory Co-operation.Before being elected in 2001, Mr Wood had three jobs —a small, rural block-maintenance operation, part-timesales assistant at the Howard Springs hardware store andpresident of Litchfield Shire Council. Despite all thiswork, he earned only about $55,000 a year.