Four Victorian government MPs won't be getting a pay rise after state parliament's new-look upper house flexed its muscles.
In a bid to scrap some parliamentary committees, the re-elected Andrews Labor government also included pay boosts for a select group of MPs.
Premier Daniel Andrews' parliamentary secretary Danny Pearson, government whip Bronwyn Halfpenny, a new "deputy whip" position and scrutiny of acts and regulations chair Mark Gepp, were all going to get thousands of dollars added to their salaries.
Victorian MPs have a base pay of about $170,000.
Overnight the upper house struck out the pay rise section of the bill, which found objection among the Liberal-National opposition and most of the crossbench.
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"Taxpayers have finally had a win, hallelujah," Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien told reporters at parliament on Wednesday.
Liberal Democrat David Limbrick said the proposed increase did not pass the pub test.
"There's an independent tribunal bill coming up soon and just before that to put in a pay rise just didn't seem right," he told reporters.
The extra cash was supported by just two crossbenchers - independent Catherine Cumming and Animal Justice Party MP Andy Meddick.
Mr Meddick said he thought the increase was justified because of extra duties assigned to those MPs.
Mr Andrews told reporters the legislative council vote was "the end of the matter" when asked for his thoughts on Wednesday.
Politicians' pay will now be the subject of a independent remuneration tribunal, with associated laws to soon enter parliament.
The tribunal was first flagged after former speaker Telmo Languiller and former deputy speaker Don Nardella were caught in 2017 rorting tens of thousands of dollars by claiming they lived on the Bellarine Peninsula, despite being metropolitan MPs. The pair claimed an allowance designed to assist regional politicians.
