MP pay tribunal to hand down first report Queensland MPs are about to learn a little more about how much they are going to be paid. The independent remuneration tribunal, established by the government following public outcry over the 42 per cent base salary increase in May, is due to hand down its first report on Tuesday. The report is not expected to deal with the allowances politicians receive, just their base salary, which (once the increase was applied) was increased by $57,000. Once allowances were added in, the salary increase went even higher. The premier's salary jumped by $117,623, bringing it to just under $400,000, which is comparable to what the US president receives before allowances. Jeff Seeney's wage was boosted by $100,000, meaning he took home $342,625. A committee chair receives $224,670, a back bencher MP makes just under $200,000, while the increases meant Opposition leader Annastacia Palaszczuk took home about $84,000 more ($284,501) and the leaders of United Australia and Katter's Australia parties got a $70,000 salary boost, bringing their yearly wage to $240,936. The government had said it had no choice but to pass on the increases after it received Crown Law advice that former Premier Anna Bligh had acted unlawfully by freezing politicians pay in 2009. To make the base salary increase "cost neutral," electoral allowances Mr Seeney said were being used as "de facto salary increases" were cancelled. The pay rate of Queensland MPs is currently linked to their federal counterparts. By freezing the pay rate state MPs missed out on an increase federal MPs received following a review of their allowances. At the time of the pay increase acting premier Mr Seeney said he had had "no idea" how much MPs' pay was set to increase when he passed on the advice to the parliamentary clerk. However Right to Information documents obtained by the Together Union revealed the government had been advised to sever the link between state and federal MP wage increases in April 2012. Following the criticisms Premier Campbell Newman announced an independent tribunal to review the pay rate Queensland MPs receive. Its first determination will be tabled after 10am on Tuesday.