Senator Jacqui Lambie has laid down a gauntlet to all federal politicians, calling on them to donate their pay rise to charity.
On Sunday, all politicians will receive a 2% pay rise. It's the same day a penalty rate cut for Sunday hospitality workers will come into effect, and that the 2% deficit levy on people earning over $180,000 will expire.
In a video posted on Facebook on Friday afternoon, Lambie announced she would donate her pay rise, plus a bit more, to the Make A Wish Foundation and challenged other politicians to do the same.
"There are millions of Australians out there today that are really annoyed with every politician that exists in this country. One of the reasons they are really annoyed is that we just got a pay rise," she said in the video.
"We don't get a choice in that pay rise, it is given to us. But we do get a choice in what we can do with that pay rise."
The base salary for a backbench senator or MP was $199,040 and will rise by $4,000 to $203,020 from July 1.
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull will get a raise of more than $10,000 as his salary rises to $527,000. Deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce will go up an extra $8,000 to $416,000, while other cabinet ministers' pay will rise to $350,000.
This is a bipartisan affair, with Labor leader Bill Shorten's salary up more than $9,000 to $376,000 and Greens leader Richard Di Natale's up to $289,000 a year.
Earlier this week, One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts tweeted that there should be no pay rise for politicians until the budget is back in surplus.
Parliamentary Services needs to find a way for politicians to opt-out of pay rises. No #payrise until the budget i… https://t.co/NaSvU6ENVs
Roberts also told the ABC he may donate his pay rise to charity too.
Politicians' pay is set by the independent Remuneration Tribunal, not politicians themselves.