Claim: Bill Shorten will get a taxpayer-funded parliamentary pension.
Fact-check: Calculations on Bill Shorten's pension are off the money
Verdict: false. the parliamentary pension scheme was closed to new mps in 2004. mr shorten is not eligible as he was elected in 2007.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: William Summers
Date published: 2024-09-12T00:00:00