The former Liberal leader is being chauffeured around in his former Premier's car with a full-time driver, at a cost of $100,000 to Victorian taxpayers.
7News filmed Mr Baillieu being picked up from his luxury Hawthorn home and being driven the short distance to Parliament House in Melbourne's CBD.
This is a perk reserved only for the current Premier Denis Napthine and his ministers, not backbenchers, which Mr Baillieu now is.
Sources have told 7News a 'secret sweetheart deal' was done between Denis Napthine and Mr Baillieu at the height of the leadership crisis earlier this year.
7News understands Mr Baillieu was told that if he was to go quietly he could keep the car and the driver.
The Victorian public was not told about the deal, nor were senior staff from within the Department of Premier and Cabinet.
When Premier, Ted Baillieu continued to back the troubled member for Frankston Geoff Shaw after he was caught using his vehicle for private purposes.
Today, the State Government admitted keeping the deal a secret from the Victorian public, but said Mr Baillieu, one of the richest men in the state, can continue to be chauffeured around town at taxpayers' expense.
7news.com.au 28 May 2013
Corruption and fraud at the highest level of politics, at the expense of the plebs.
The richest and most powerful men are literally untouchable by the corrupt Anglo-Masonic legal system.
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