Tony Abbott's political career is over, for now, after losing his Warringah seat to Independent underdog Zali Steggall at the weekend.
He might have the last laugh though, as he leaves government on a pension of nearly $300,000 -- and this figure is only going to appreciate in value.
How? What? Who? And also How?!
Pollies elected after 2004 have a pretty similar retirement plan to the average public servant: they get a certain amount of their salary directed to a superannuation fund.
But if a pollie got elected before 2004, they are enrolled in the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme (PCSS) and their benefits are significantly sweeter.
Freelance researcher William Summers crunched the numbers. He came up with the $296,000 Tone will receive in pension this year.
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