Barnett Resigns - Pension of $3m or $260k year

15th December, 2017

Former WA Premier Colin Barnett's announced his retirement yesterday on his 27 years in WA politics on ABC Radio.

On retirement, Mr Barnett will have access to the parliamentary pension scheme, allowing him to take an annual pension of more than $260,000, or a lump sum of almost $3 million. https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/barnett-in-line-for-almost-3m-lump-sum-payout-ng-b88691815z

With the recent WA State election, and the tax hikes, redundancies and broken promises, like my fellow Western Australians I am equally disapponted at how our state finances have been managed, and at the same time how Mr Barnett has been allowed to retire with such a large annual pension, or lump sum payment considering the decisions that have been made in regards to our state.

Further with normal everyday Australians forced to work longer and unable to access their superannuation or pensions like politicians, changes must immediately be made to ensure that any pension or superannuation is in accordance with the same rules that affect all Australians.

Philip Couper