No I say he would still get it.Malcolm Turnbull is entitled to...

No I say he would still get it.

Malcolm Turnbull is entitled to up to three new advisers, fully-stocked office accommodation, generous superannuation benefits and a helluva lot of free travel in life post-parliament.

The Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act of 2002 allows former prime ministers who have left parliament to receive “a number of facilities at the discretion of the prime minister of the day”.

These include car costs and office entitlements, such as office establishment and lease costs, smartphones, stationery and publications.

It also allows them to expense “non-commercial” domestic and family travel.

This all lasts until they die.

Spouses or de facto partners of former PMs can also claim a number of entitlements when their partner dies.

The Life Gold Pass was originally created in 1918 to provide rail travel for MPs. By the early 1990s, however, it had grown into an uncapped entitlement for ex-MPs and their spouses.

But whether Mr Turnbull actually uses it is another question. In February last year, he announced he would axe the Life Gold Pass for all MPs except former prime ministers, tellingThe Australianit was “out of line with community expectations”.

“At a time when many Australian families are doing it tough, the Life Gold Pass can’t be justified,” he said. “We have to spend taxpayers’ money as prudently and frugally as if it were our own.”