Australian high Minister Malcolm Turnbull has known as at the usa's country postal operator to rethink the pay offered to its chief government.
It has emerged that Ahmed Fahour earned A$5.6m ($4.3m; £three.4m) last year - extra than ten times the PM's revenue.
Mr Turnbull said the remuneration changed into "too excessive".
Australia submit defended the payout, saying it blanketed an advantage due to Mr Fahour who instructed the enterprise from loss to income in 2016.
The employer is government-owned, with politicians on all aspects pronouncing the income turned into too excessive for a civil servant.
'competitive commercial enterprise'
Mr Fahour's total payout for the 12 months to June 2016, included a A$1.2m bonus as well as all other advantages along with superannuation (pension contributions), Australia post stated.
"it's a totally competitive commercial enterprise and we need to pay competitive salaries," the company's chairman John Stanhope instructed the Australian Broadcasting agency.
He brought that every one the company's earnings - and nearly 3-quarters of its income - got here from its parcel enterprise, which competed in opposition to the likes of DHL and FedEx.
The salary details emerged after a request from Australia's Senate.
Australia publish stopped mechanically publishing govt pay data after its 2014-15 annual record, however Mr Stanhope said there had been "no supposed secrecy, or lack of transparency".
08 Feb 2017

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