Kevin Rudd Gets $600K A Year For The Rest Of His Life
Kevin Rudd Gets $600K A Year For The Rest Of His Life – As prime minister for more than a year he is entitled to superannuation, a gold air pass, a car, at least four personal staff and his own office in Brisbane for life.
If Mr Rudd lives to be 85, that would cost about $20 million, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Mr Rudd can expect to leave Parliament with a pension of between $118,346 and $145,987 a year, indexed for inflation.
Then there is the airline gold pass, worth about $60,000 a year, office space costing up to $120,000, four office staff costing about $262,000 and a car leased for around $18,000 a year.
At dusk on a freezing Canberra day, a stoic former prime minister stood before cameras to say his last goodbyes to the nation.
“This has been our home for the better part of the last three years . . . our family home,” Mr Rudd said. “It is the people’s house and we return it gratefully to the people,” he said.
Therese Rein and the former prime minister have also been using the social media website Twitter to offer supporters a little window on their own soul, well ahead of any sit down press interviews.
Last night, about 10.30pm Ms Rein used Twitter as soon as she arrvied back at the family home, “So… Back home in Norman Park. Welcomed home to a warm house filled with flowers, the kettle on, and hugs from a dear friend. Thank you!”
“Thank you to the photographers and cameramen this afternoon as we left the Lodge. The hugs really helped.
“We said ‘bye to the staff at The Lodge. Hope to be able to cook for them one day soon.”
On June 28, she confessed the termination of her husband’s lifelong journey to the Lodge hurt her, too.
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