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KE­JAN HAYNES &

GAIL ALEXAN­DER

For­mer prime min­is­ter Stu­art Young will not be re­ceiv­ing a prime min­is­te­r­i­al pen­sion, af­ter the Sen­ate yes­ter­day ap­proved the Prime Min­is­ter’s Pen­sion (Amend­ment) Bill, 2025, which now sets a min­i­mum one-year term in of­fice for any prime min­is­ter to qual­i­fy for a State pen­sion. The bill al­so has a tiered pay­ment struc­ture based on time served. Cru­cial­ly, the bill ap­plies retroac­tive­ly from March 10, 2025, com­plete­ly dis­qual­i­fy­ing Young, who served from March 17 to April 28.