Clinton speaking in Auckland. Photo / Martin Sykes
Clinton speaking in Auckland. Photo / Martin Sykes
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Former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary raked in US$750,000 ($991,000) over three days while travelling New Zealand and Australia last year.
Bill Clinton made US$250,000 ($330,000) of that while speaking in Auckland on February 24.
He made a further US$250,000 from speeches in both Sydneyand Melbourne on February 22 and 23.
The speeches were part of the Global Business Forum, which also featured ex-Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner and ex-Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
Bill Clinton received over US$10 million last year from 57 speeches, according to Hillary Clinton's 2006 Senate financial disclosure.
His highest fee for a single speech was US$450,000, for speaking in London at the Fortune Forum.
Democrat presidential candidate hopeful Hillary Clinton earned US$350,025 in royalties from her memoir Living History, while her husband received over US$1,000 for his biography, My Life.
He also received an advance of more than US$1,000 on an unpublished manuscript from Random House.
House and Senate members must complete personal financial disclosure reports annually which are then made available to the public.
The reports outline sources and types of income earned as well as any assets held.
