REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL

As amended.

Made under sub-sections 7(1), 7(1A), 7(1B), 7(1C), 7(2), 7(2A), 7(4) and 7(5G) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

This Determination sets out the base salary for members of parliament, additional salary for parliamentary office holders, and related matters.  It comprises:

Contents

PART 1 - GENERAL 1

PART 2 – PARLIAMENTARY BASE SALARY. 2

PART 3 – ADDITIONAL SALARY FOR PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE HOLDERS. 2

PART 4 – MINISTERS OF STATE. 3

SCHEDULE A - TABLE 1 – RATES OF ADDITIONAL SALARY. 4

PART 1 - GENERAL                                                                                                                     

1.1            Authority: This Determination is issued in accordance with the following subsections of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 (‘the Act’): 7(1), 7(1A), 7(1B), 7(1C), 7(2), 7(2A), 7(4) and 7(5G).

1.2       Effective Date: This Determination takes effect on and from 1 July 2013.

1.3         Effect on Earlier Determinations: This Determination supersedes and revokes in full Determinations 2012/02 (as amended) – Members of Parliament – Base Salary and Related Matters and 2012/03 – Parliamentary Office Holders – Additional Salary.

1.4         Definitions: The following definitions apply in this Determination:

           ‘base salary’ means parliamentary base salary as defined in the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 and also refers to the amount determined by the Remuneration Tribunal in this Determination;

              ‘member of parliament’ or ‘member’ means a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator unless there is an explicit contrary intention.

PART 2 – PARLIAMENTARY BASE SALARY

2.1         A member of parliament shall be paid a base salary of $195,130 per annum.

2.2         The portion of the base salary that is not parliamentary allowance for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is $40,730.

PART 3 – ADDITIONAL SALARY FOR PARLIAMENTARY OFFICE HOLDERS[1]

3.1         Subject to any exclusions specified in clause 3.4 and its subclauses of this Determination, a member who holds a parliamentary office specified in Table 1 shall be paid additional parliamentary office holder salary as is specified for that office in that table.

3.2       In administering this Determination, authorities shall, where necessary:

(a)      calculate additional salary by applying the percentage in Column 2 of Table 1 to the base salary, rounding up to the nearest ten dollars; and

(b)      pay the annual benefits specified in proportion (pro rata) to the office holder’s period of service during that year.

3.3      The portion of additional parliamentary office holder salary that is not 'allowance by way of salary' for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is 20 per cent of the amount calculated in accordance with clauses 3.1 and 3.2.  The 20 per cent portion shall apply to each amount of additional salary paid to a member.

3.4     The following rules apply in determining the number of shadow ministers entitled to additional salary and at what rate (noting there is a transitional provision in clause 3.4.5):

3.4.1  The maximum number of shadow ministers entitled to be paid additional parliamentary office holder salary at the rate of 25 per cent of base salary is

A – B

where

A = the number of Ministers of Cabinet rank from time to time; and

B = the number of Opposition office holders, from time to time entitled to additional parliamentary office holder salary of more than 25 per cent of base salary because of their holding another office listed in Table 1.

3.4.2   The maximum number of shadow ministers entitled to be paid additional Parliamentary office holder salary at the rate of 20 per cent of base salary is

A – B – C,

where

A = the number of ministers specified in section 4(b) of the Ministers of State Act 1952;

B = shadow ministers from time to time entitled to additional salary of 25 per cent of base salary in accordance with clause 3.4.1; and

C = the number of Opposition office holders, from time to time entitled to additional parliamentary office holder salary of more than 25 per cent of base salary because of their holding another office listed in Table 1.

3.4.3     The Leader of the Opposition is to provide advice in writing to the paying authority in each House of Parliament as to which individual shadow ministers are to be paid in accordance with clauses 3.4.1 and 3.4.2.

3.4.4     A member who receives additional parliamentary office holder salary of more than 25 per cent of base salary because of his or her holding another office listed in Table 1 is not entitled to also be paid additional salary as a shadow minister; and a member who receives additional salary as a shadow minister is not entitled to additional salary for filling any other office listed in Table 1.

PART 4 – MINISTERS OF STATE

4.1      The portion of the salary referred to in subsection 6(1) of the Act that is not salary for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is 20 per cent.

SCHEDULE A - TABLE 1 – RATES OF ADDITIONAL SALARY

Various Offices

TABLE 1 – (cont)

Parliamentary Committee Offices

Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2013/13:

This determination as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the tables below.  Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

Table of Instruments

Notes to Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2013/13:

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted                   am. = amended                   rs. = repealed and substituted                         rep. = repealed