The incoming Greens MP in the federal seat of Brisbane will be quadrupling his salary and has only been to Parliament House in Canberra once.
Life is about to change drastically for 29-year-old Stephen Bates, but he still has to work three more shifts in his retail job this week before he can focus on his new parliamentary role."So I'm going to be at work Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.Mr Bates resigned today from his sales job at Chermside and says he is still coming to grips with his victory over LNP member Trevor Evans, who is a former chief of the National Retail Association.
"That's an indictment of our system that we create this political class that can be so out of touch with what the rest of the country experiences."
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