evlPanda said...FORMER prime minister John Howard has cost taxpayers more than $400,000 in the past year.
Government figures show that since the formal changeover on December 3 last year, Mr Howard has spent $75,674.90 on travel, with Janette Howard's travel costs coming to $11,374. 44.
Facilities for Mr Howard cost $63,354.76, accommodation $61,636.68 and staff $192,542.77. The costs include a driver and the equivalent of two full-time staff.
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The total is $404,583.55. The figures were supplied by Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner to the caucus chairman, Daryl Melham.
And your point is??-----------------------------------
He was the PM of AUSTRALIA ( wasn't an egotistical prick like Rudd ,,,,,,, Johnny had the country ticking along nicely,) and that is his right to recieve those benifits, Mr Rudd will no doubt do the same.
Is this a real problem?. I think not ,The job of PM is one that carries huge responsabilities ,and for that, in comparison with many other salaries earned in buisiness today , they get payed a pitance. PM - not a job I would like to have
