Consider this: since Bronwyn Bishop finally left the federal Parliament nine months ago – kicking and screaming after being rolled by her own party – Australian taxpayers have paid her nearly $200,000.

Her parliamentary pension delivers her roughly $700 a day – 11 times more than your average age pensioner. She gets more every single day than workers on the minimum wage get in a week.

Is your blood boiling yet? Well, we'll be paying her about a quarter of a million dollars every year for the rest of her life. And knowing Bishop – her sheer obstinacy – the 74-year-old will live for many years to come.

What do taxpayers get for this investment?