Ground Zero: Is a new era of openness upon us?

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Too much or too little?

We are talking about the proposed cuts to ministerial salaries.

But the way some heartlanders see it, it isn't so much about that but the fact that there has been a public review of the salaries.

While most – 47 out of 50 people we polled – agree with the panel's recommendations that political office-holders should have their pay cut, many also separately tell us that what impresses them most is the sense of a "greater transparency".