February is barely just a week and a bit under way but the judges of The Bug‘s Media Glass House Arse-Licker of the Month award think they might already have a winner!

“We’ve just about put the glasses down,” admitted one of our judges this morning, still shaking his head in admiration of the early entry from news.com.au’s Samantha Maiden.

“I’m not sure how many arses Samantha is licking above her in the Newscorpse hierarchy with her contribution but our entire judging panel reckons there’s a large number of people there who won’t be needing dunny paper again anytime soon.”

Maiden wrote in her online piece posted on Wednesday: Landlord Anthony Albanese is raking in $115,000 a year in rental income on top of his salary as Prime Minister as interest rates soar for struggling families.

After growing up in public housing, the Prime Minister is now renting out two Sydney homes including a mortgage-free federation bungalow with a pool while he lives rent-free at the Lodge.

Mr Albanese, who scored a huge pay bump after the election, now earns $564,356 a year.

He also earns $70,000 a year in rental income for one property and $45,000 for another.

That means Mr Albanese has a combined annual income of $679,356 before he pays tax on his income and two investment properties.

“I mean Sam’s piece has got everything, really. Albo “raking” in the money. “Living rent-free at the Lodge!” (We know she meant The Lodge) “Landlord” Albanese “making a killing” as poor starving people are tossed out of their homes because they can’t afford to keep paying them off or find the cash to pay ever-increasing rents.”

Another of our Arse-Licker judges added: “The Albanese government’s finished after this yarn, that’s for sure! If the parliamentary Labor caucus doesn’t move against Albanese right now, they are fucking mad!

“I’m a Labor voter but Sam’s wised me up to what a money-hungry, greedy, despicable, low-life cunt Albanese is!

“Who would have thought that an only child of a hard-working single mum in Sydney might at the age of 59 own two properties after being a highly paid federal MP since 1996? But worse than that, once he’s been elected Prime Minister and is expected to live in The Lodge (note correct usage), he might rent them out!

“No, there’s no excuses. He’s got to go!

“Peter Dutton could only dream of having two properties worth that much.

“Samantha Maiden didn’t say as much – she was probably limited for space – but she would know just as well as anyone else that Peter Dutton’s the sort of guy who in the same situation would have given away those properties to some suitable charities, for sure.”