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Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2023

We, the members of the Remuneration Tribunal, make the following determination.

Dated 28 August 2023

 

Signed

Signed

Signed

John Conde AO

Heather Zampatti

Stephen Conry AM

President

Member

Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

1 Name

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Part 1—Amendments relating to travel allowance rates

Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Determination (No.2) 2023

Part 2—Other amendments

Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Determination (No.2) 2023

1  Name

  This instrument is the Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Amendment Determination (No. 1) 2023.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table

The day after this instrument is registered.

29 August 2023

2.  Schedule 1, Part 1

Immediately after the commencement of the Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Determination (No.2) 2023.

27 August 2023

3.  Schedule 1, Part 2

1 September 2023.

1 September 2023

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under sections 45 and 46 of the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Part 1Amendments relating to travel allowance rates

Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Determination (No.2) 2023

1  Schedule B

Repeal the Schedule, substitute:

 

SCHEDULE B – TRAVEL ALLOWANCE RATES

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Locality

Members mentioned in clause 5.2

Other members

Capital cities

Canberra

$310

$310

Adelaide

$461

$444

Brisbane

$450

$433

Darwin

$497

$480

Hobart

$439

$422

Melbourne

$469

$418

Perth

$469

$432

Sydney

$469

$451

Unspecified locations

Locations not specified in this Table

$399

$350

New South Wales

Albury

$399

$369

Armidale

$399

$353

Bathurst

$399

$369

Bega

$399

$369

Bourke

$399

$371

Broken Hill

$399

$348

Cobar

$399

$331

Coffs Harbour

$399

$369

Cooma

$399

$369

Cowra

$399

$369

Dubbo

$399

$357

Gosford

$399

$348

Goulburn

$399

$369

Grafton

$399

$369

Griffith

$399

$346

Gunnedah

$399

$369

Inverell

$399

$369

Lismore

$399

$350

Narrabri

$399

$369

Maitland

$399

$374

Mudgee

$399

$375

Muswellbrook

$399

$344

Newcastle

$399

$382

Nowra

$399

$355

Orange

$406

$389

Port Macquarie

$399

$377

Tamworth

$399

$369

Taree

$399

$369

Tumut

$399

$369

Wagga Wagga

$399

$364

Wollongong

$399

$368

Northern Territory

Alice Springs

$410

$393

Jabiru

$420

$403

Katherine

$432

$415

Nhulunbuy

$434

$417

Tennant Creek

$399

$369

Yulara

$774

$757

Queensland

Ayr

$399

$369

Bundaberg

$399

$371

Cairns

$399

$362

Charters Towers

$399

$369

Chinchilla

$399

$369

Dalby

$405

$388

Emerald

$399

$366

Gladstone

$399

$358

Gold Coast

$413

$396

Hervey Bay

$399

$362

Horn Island

$549

$532

Innisfail

$399

$369

Kingaroy

$399

$369

Mackay

$399

$353

Maryborough

$399

$369

Mount Isa

$399

$372

Nambour

$399

$350

Rockhampton

$399

$361

Roma

$399

$369

Thursday Island

$527

$510

Toowoomba

$399

$348

Townsville

$399

$361

Weipa

$442

$425

South Australia

Bordertown

$399

$351

Ceduna

$399

$369

Kadina

$399

$369

Mount Gambier

$399

$351

Naracoorte

$399

$369

Port Augusta

$399

$369

Port Lincoln

$399

$357

Port Pirie

$399

$369

Renmark

$399

$369

Whyalla

$399

$354

Wilpena Pound

$427

$410

Tasmania

Burnie

$399

$365

Devonport

$399

$348

Launceston

$399

$361

Queenstown

$399

$369

Victoria

Ararat

$399

$346

Bairnsdale

$399

$369

Ballarat

$399

$374

Benalla

$399

$355

Bendigo

$399

$351

Bright

$399

$367

Castlemaine

$399

$349

Colac

$399

$369

Echuca

$399

$369

Geelong

$399

$362

Hamilton

$399

$369

Horsham

$399

$352

Mildura

$399

$369

Portland

$399

$369

Sale

$399

$369

Seymour

$399

$369

Shepparton

$399

$354

Swan Hill

$399

$368

Wangaratta

$399

$373

Warrnambool

$399

$369

Wodonga

$399

$369

Wonthaggi

$399

$375

Western Australia

Albany

$399

$380

Broome

$424

$407

Bunbury

$399

$365

Carnarvon

$399

$357

Dampier

$399

$362

Derby

$399

$379

Esperance

$399

$367

Exmouth

$418

$401

Geraldton

$399

$352

Halls Creek

$399

$357

Kalgoorlie

$399

$368

Karratha

$427

$410

Kununurra

$408

$391

Newman

$475

$458

Northam

$418

$401

Port Hedland

$399

$362

External Territories

Christmas Island

$422

$405

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$535

$518

Norfolk Island

$407

$390

 

Part 2Other amendments

Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Determination (No.2) 2023

2  Clause 2.1

Omit “$217,060”, substitute “$225,750”.

3  Clause 2.2

Omit “$45,320”, substitute “$47,140”.

4  Clause 2.3 (note)

Omit “$162,800 per annum, being 75% of the base salary of $217,060”, substitute “$169,320 per annum, being 75% of the base salary of $225,750”.