Determination 2014/15: Official Travel by Office Holders
(i) Pursuant to subsections 5(2A), 7(3), 7(3D), and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, the Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into the remuneration and allowances to be paid to holders of public office, and other matters significantly related thereto, and determines as set out below.
(ii) This Determination takes effect on and from 31 August 2014 unless otherwise specified.
PART 1 – TRAVEL ALLOWANCE – OFFICE HOLDERS
1.1 In this part, Determination Number 16 of 2013 (as amended) is referred to as the Principal Determination.
1.2 The Principal Determination is amended by deleting Table 4A – Motor Vehicle Allowance and its associated text, and replacing it with the following:
Table 4A – Motor Vehicle Allowance
With effect on and from 31 August 2014
Engine Capacity (non-rotary) | Engine Capacity (rotary) | Rate Cents per kilometre |
Above 2,600 cc | Above 1,300 cc | 77 |
1,601 to 2,600 cc | 801 to 1,300 cc | 76 |
1,600 cc or less | 800 cc or less | 65 |
1.3 The Principal Determination is amended by deleting Schedule A – Remuneration Tribunal Travelling Allowance Rates, and replacing it with the Schedule A contained in Attachment A to this Determination.
1.4 Part 3 of the Principal Determination is amended by replacing clauses 3.11 and 3.11.1 with the following:
3.11 Meals and Incidentals: Office holders travelling overseas on official business are to be paid, for meals and incidentals, an amount equivalent to the total meals and incidentals figures for the relevant destinations published in Schedule 1 Table 2 of Taxation Determination TD 2014/19 (or its successor).
3.11.1 For the purposes of clause 3.11, Tier 1 office holders receive the amounts specified in the Taxation Determination for the highest salary group, Tier 2 office holders the amounts specified for the middle salary group, and Tier 3 office holders the amounts for the lowest salary group.
Attachment A to Determination 2014/15
SCHEDULE A
REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE RATES
A1. Travelling Allowance Rates: The Travelling Allowance rates set out in Table A1.A will apply on and from 31 August 2014.
Table A1.A – Rates of Travelling Allowance (Accommodation, meals and incidentals) per overnight absence.
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
| TIER 1 | TIER 2 | TIER 3 |
CAPITAL CITIES | |||
Adelaide | $379 | $357 | $279 |
Brisbane | $427 | $406 | $323 |
Canberra | $416 | $372 | $290 |
Darwin | $457 | $436 | $338 |
Hobart | $365 | $325 | $254 |
Melbourne | $435 | $377 | $295 |
Perth | $469 | $409 | $355 |
Sydney | $435 | $395 | $307 |
COUNTRY CENTRES | |||
Non- Specified Country Centres (ie not specified below) | $360 | $256 | $223 |
NEW SOUTH WALES | |||
Albury | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Armidale | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Bathurst | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Bourke | $360 | $314 | $287 |
Broken Hill | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Coffs Harbour | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Cooma | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Dubbo | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Gosford | $360 | $289 | $262 |
Goulburn | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Gunnedah | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Maitland | $360 | $301 | $274 |
Mudgee | $360 | $284 | $257 |
Muswellbrook | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Newcastle | $360 | $301 | $274 |
Nowra | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Orange | $360 | $298 | $271 |
Port Macquarie | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Queanbeyan | $360 | $282 | $255 |
Tamworth | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Tumut | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Wagga Wagga | $360 | $290 | $263 |
Wollongong | $360 | $285 | $258 |
NORTHERN TERRITORY | |||
Alice Springs | $360 | $299 | $272 |
Jabiru | $362 | $341 | $314 |
Katherine | $360 | $283 | $256 |
Tennant Creek | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Yulara | $414 | $393 | $366 |
QUEENSLAND | |||
Ayr | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Bundaberg | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Cairns | $360 | $289 | $262 |
Charters Towers | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Chinchilla | $360 | $292 | $265 |
Dalby | $360 | $293 | $266 |
Emerald | $360 | $305 | $278 |
Gladstone | $360 | $336 | $309 |
Gold Coast | $360 | $298 | $271 |
Hervey Bay | $360 | $306 | $279 |
Horn Island | $360 | $329 | $302 |
Innisfail | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Kingaroy | $360 | $283 | $256 |
Mackay | $360 | $310 | $283 |
Mount Isa | $360 | $309 | $282 |
Rockhampton | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Roma | $360 | $288 | $261 |
Thursday Island | $370 | $349 | $322 |
Toowoomba | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Townsville | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Weipa | $360 | $287 | $260 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA | |||
Bordertown | $360 | $284 | $257 |
Ceduna | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Kadina | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Mount Gambier | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Naracoorte | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Port Augusta | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Port Lincoln | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Port Pirie | $360 | $289 | $262 |
Renmark | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Whyalla | $360 | $294 | $267 |
Wilpena Pound | $360 | $316 | $289 |
TASMANIA | |||
Burnie | $360 | $298 | $271 |
Devonport | $360 | $284 | $257 |
Launceston | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Queenstown | $360 | $281 | $245 |
VICTORIA | |||
Ararat | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Bairnsdale | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Ballarat | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Benalla | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Bendigo | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Bright | $360 | $301 | $274 |
Castlemaine | $360 | $282 | $255 |
Colac | $360 | $287 | $260 |
Echuca | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Geelong | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Hamilton | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Horsham | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Mildura | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Portland | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Sale | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Seymour | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Shepparton | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Swan Hill | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Warrnambool | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Wonthaggi | $360 | $287 | $260 |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |||
Albany | $360 | $328 | $301 |
Broome | $403 | $382 | $355 |
Bunbury | $360 | $304 | $277 |
Carnarvon | $360 | $300 | $273 |
Dampier | $360 | $324 | $297 |
Derby | $360 | $339 | $312 |
Esperance | $360 | $281 | $245 |
Exmouth | $425 | $404 | $377 |
Geraldton | $360 | $324 | $297 |
Halls Creek | $369 | $348 | $321 |
Kalgoorlie | $360 | $308 | $281 |
Karratha | $517 | $496 | $469 |
Kununurra | $372 | $351 | $324 |
Newman | $365 | $344 | $317 |
Northam | $360 | $312 | $285 |
Port Hedland | $465 | $444 | $417 |
EXTERNAL TERRITORIES | |||
Christmas Island | $360 | $299 | $272 |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | $455 | $434 | $407 |
Norfolk Island | $499 | $478 | $451 |
A2. Meal and Incidental Components: The rates set out in Table A2.A provide the relevant meal and incidental components of the Travelling Allowance rates set out in Table A1.A. These rates are specified for the purposes of clauses 3.6, 3.8 and 3.9 of this Determination.
Table A2.A – Meals and Incidentals Components
| High Cost Centres (including capital cities and specified country centres listed in Table A1.A and not in Table A2.B) | Non-specified Country Centres (including Group 2 country centres listed in Table A2.B) | ||||
| Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
Breakfast | $33 | $28 | $26 | $33 | $26 | $23 |
Lunch | $47 | $40 | $29 | $47 | $26 | $26 |
Dinner | $65 | $55 | $49 | $65 | $51 | $45 |
Incidentals | $27 | $27 | $19 | $27 | $27 | $19 |
Total | $172 | $150 | $123 | $172 | $130 | $113 |
Table A2.B – Group 2 Country Centres
Country Centre | Country Centre |
Albury (NSW) | Kadina (SA) |
Ararat (Vic) | Launceston (Tas) |
Armidale (NSW) | Mildura (Vic) |
Ayr (Qld) | Mount Gambier (SA) |
Bairnsdale (Vic) | Muswellbrook (NSW) |
Ballarat (NSW) | Naracoorte (SA) |
Bathurst (NSW) | Nowra (NSW) |
Benalla (Vic) | Port Augusta (SA) |
Bendigo (Vic) | Port Lincoln (SA) |
Broken Hill (NSW) | Port Macquarie (NSW) |
Bundaberg (Qld) | Portland (Vic) |
Ceduna (SA) | Queenstown (Tas) |
Charters Towers (Qld) | Renmark (SA) |
Coffs Harbour (NSW) | Rockhampton (Qld) |
Cooma (NSW) | Sale (Vic) |
Dubbo (NSW) | Seymour (Vic) |
Echuca (Vic) | Shepparton (Vic) |
Esperance (WA) | Swan Hill (Vic) |
Geelong (Vic) | Tamworth (NSW) |
Goulburn (NSW) | Tennant Creek (NT) |
Gunnedah (NSW) | Toowoomba (Qld) |
Hamilton (Vic) | Townsville (Qld) |
Horsham (Vic) | Tumut (NSW) |
Innisfail (Qld) | Warrnambool (Vic) |