PARAMEDICS' wage claims, totalling $1.3 billion over four years, would have a significant impact on Victoria's budget, Health Minister David Davis says.
But the paramedics' union disputes the $1.3 billion figure quoted by Mr Davis, calling on him to provide the full detail of the costings for scrutiny.
Mr Davis told reporters on Sunday the 30 per cent salary increase sought by paramedics totalled $1.3 billion over four years, and would lead to less money for ambulances and ambulance stations.
He said the wage claim was significant and not well thought out.
"These are tough times. It's not easy for governments to fund significant new expenditures," Mr Davis said.
But Ambulance Association Australia state secretary Steve McGhie said the figures were "highly inflated".
"There figures are nowhere near right and if he thinks they are let him provide the full detail so they can be scrutinised."
Mr Davis said paramedics are well remunerated, with the most common category of paramedic earning an average $93,000 a year, including overtime.
However, Mr McGhie said a six-year paramedic who worked shift penalties - which all were expected to do - would earn $71,000.
"To earn $93,000 means they have to work $22,000 of overtime per year on average.
"If there were paramedics earning that - and if they didn't do it - then the ambulance service couldn't put paramedics on ambulances."
Mr Davis again called on the union to enter voluntary conciliation with Ambulance Victoria through independent umpire Fair Work Australia, saying it would lead to a fair wage deal.
But Mr McGhie said the union would not attend conciliation until Ambulance Victoria responds to its paper detailing the productivity paramedics have delivered over the past three years.
The government has offered paramedics a 2.5 per cent annual pay rise, with any further increases offset by productivity gains.
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