Victoria pays Kennett's wife for office

Victorian taxpayers have paid Jeff Kennett's wife more than $200,000 to rent him office space.

Jeff Kennett has been renting an office from his wife at taxpayer's expense. (AAP)

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says he isn't embarrassed about taxpayers forking out more than $200,000 in rent to his wife for his office.

The Age revealed on Monday that Mr Kennett's wife had been paid more than $200,000 in nine years for his office space in Cremorne, but the ex-premier said taxpayers would be up for the same amount if he was in a government building.

"I get these entitlements, as each ex-premier does, the only difference is ... in 2000 the government asked me to leave the government-provided space," Mr Kennett told ABC radio on Monday.