Brett Whiteley (Braddon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I do not care whether they are Liberal, Labor, Callithumpian—I do not care. I do not care if they are one of us or one of you. At the end of the day, I have written to the minister, saying, 'You might want to have a look at this.' Why should pensions for prime ministers be allowed to continue on indefinitely, if in fact we are changing it for others? Why should Kevin Rudd be able to live in New York or wherever for 10 months and collect his pension? I think we should have a look at that. I think the public would expect us to. They would expect some consistency. They would expect us to have some integrity on this, and I will write to the minister asking that. I thank the House. (Time expired)

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