{"id":29970,"date":"2017-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/david-penberthy-wants-everyone-to-calm-down\/"},"modified":"2017-03-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T00:00:00","slug":"david-penberthy-wants-everyone-to-calm-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/david-penberthy-wants-everyone-to-calm-down\/","title":{"rendered":"David Penberthy wants everyone to \u201ccalm down\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>David Penberthy admits it was \u201cweird\u201d to find his family at the centre of a national debate after his wife and federal MP Kate Ellis announced her retirement from politics.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIt is sort of a private decision, but because she plays a very public role obviously it became a story,\u201d Penbo said on FIVEAA. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly not a situation where we pretend for an instant that we\u2019re in a unique position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf anything, compared to a lot of people who are FIFO workers, we\u2019re in a better position.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/david-and-will\/id1167323375?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>David and Will podcast on iTunes here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/kate-ellis-reacts-to-fallout-over-her-decision-to-retire-from-politics\">KATE ELLIS REACTS TO RETIREMENT FALLOUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/kate-ellis-announces-she-s-leaving-federal-politics\">On Thursday news broke that Kate would not stand for re-election<\/a>, choosing instead to spend more time with her her two-year-old son&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Penbo denied it was a \u201cblack day for feminism\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEveryone springs into print with their 800 words of wisdom about what is essentially a private decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalm down, it\u2019s not some sort of death knell for women in the workplace, women in decision making positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s other people who have structured their lives differently and managed to get around it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Penbo also sought to clarify \u201cthe whole parliamentary pension thing &#8212; she does not get a pension\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis was elected to parliament in 2004 after lavish pensions were abolished\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark Latham campaigned on that issue, quite rightly, because it was an inexcusable rort. John Howard smelt the wind and went, yep, the public won\u2019t cop this anymore and nor should they.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey still get good super\u2026 it\u2019s the same as if you\u2019re in the upper echelons of a government department. 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