AUS Marshals being paid??

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I do not want to start the debate again about whether we should be paid, thats not what this fred is about

Discussing Marshaling with a fella fresh from a V8Supercar round he was impressed with the sponsored uniforms of the Pit Lane/Starting Grid marshals. He also said they looked really professional with the communications headsets etc.

Someone had told him that certain Marshals were being paid (under or over the counter was not mentioned I suspect).

I said (naively) that I thought only the top echelon of officialdom had paid positions and went into my normal spiel about "even F1 could not run world-wide without an army of volunteers. I also said that the Marshals in question probably drew there Comms from Radio Services like every other volunteer official (although I have heard of individuals buying their own headsets).

So...to the uniforms...sponsors pay for them?
approved by VESA or what ever they are called these days?
Indy - the same??

Anyone heard of certain "lower-order" officials getting paid in Oz?? (I don't mean offers of accommodation - which is always nice to see)