Jimmy Barnes was underpaid $20,000 for a performance on Hamilton Island

Jimmy Barnes was short-changed $20,000 for a private 50th birthday performance on Hamilton Island in a mismanaged blunder that has taken years to fix. Big error: Jimmy Barnes was underpaid $20,000 for a private 50th birthday performance on Hamilton Island, but he didn’t notice the 'discrepancy' until years later The pay issue began in August 2017 when Barnes, 65, was hired to perform with his band at the luxury, six-star Qualia Resort on Hamilton Island for businessman Jamie Pherous' 50th birthday party. Context: The pay issue began in August 2017 when Barnes, 65, was hired to perform with his band at the luxury, six-star Qualia Resort on Hamilton Island for businessman Jamie Pherous' 50th birthday party However, a chain of emails in 2017 revealed employees at The Harbour Agency told Barnes' booking agent Frank Stivala - the managing director of Melbourne-based agency Premier Artists - the fee was in fact $130,000 excluding GST. Harbour Agency’s senior booking agent Tony Grace Guarrera said he was made aware of Barnes' pay issue by Stivala in 2021 but claims, like Stivala, the discrepancy was an honest mistake.