Defence Determination 2017/29, Travel allowances – amendment (Cth)

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Defence Determination 2017/29, Travel allowances – amendment

I, PHILLIP JOHN HOGLIN, Acting Assistant Secretary People Policy and Employment Conditions, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 1 September 2017

P J HOGLIN

Acting Assistant Secretary
People Policy and Employment Conditions

Defence People Group




1

Name

1.

This Determination is Defence Determination 2017/29, Travel allowances – amendment.

2.

This Determination may also be cited as Defence Determination 2017/29.

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.  The whole of the Instrument 19 October 2017

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 1—amendments to travel allowances

Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service

1 Section 4.5.9 (Rates of allowances), table

Omit the table, substitute:

Item If the meal is… then the rate of allowance is ($)…
1. breakfast 24.25
2. lunch under paragraph 4.5.6.1.d 11.10
3. any other lunch 27.65
4. dinner 47.70
2 Subsection 7.5.24.2 (Meals – hotel or serviced apartment), table

Omit the table, substitute:

Item The meal amount for… in capital cities and
high-cost country centres* is ($)…
and in other locations is ($)…
1. breakfast 27.05 24.25
2. lunch 30.45 27.65
3. dinner 51.85 47.70
* See: Annex 9.5.A Part 3, 'Location' column for the list of high-cost country centres.
3 Subsection 7.5.24.3 (Meals – hotel or serviced apartment)

Omit the subsection, substitute:

3.

The amount of allowance for meals taken by dependants under 10 years old is prescribed in the following table.

Item The meal amount for… in capital cities and
high-cost country centres* is ($)…
and in other locations is ($)…
1. breakfast 13.55 12.15
2. lunch 15.25 13.85
3. dinner 25.95 23.85
* See: Annex 9.5.A Part 3, 'Location' column for the list of high-cost country centres.

Example: A member uses temporary accommodation for two nights in Newcastle, which is a high-cost country centre. The member is travelling with a spouse, one child aged eight and another aged 12. They are entitled to three meals on each of two days. Their total meal allowance is $765.60, worked out as follows.

Member Spouse

Child aged 12

(adult rates)

Child aged 8

(dependants under 10 years old rates)

Lunch $30.45 Lunch $30.45 Lunch $30.45 Lunch $15.25
Dinner $51.85 Dinner $51.85 Dinner $51.85 Dinner $25.95
Breakfast $27.05 Breakfast $27.05 Breakfast $27.05 Breakfast $13.55
Lunch $30.45 Lunch $30.45 Lunch $30.45 Lunch $15.25
Dinner $51.85 Dinner $51.85 Dinner $51.85 Dinner $25.95
Breakfast $27.05 Breakfast $27.05 Breakfast $27.05 Breakfast $13.55
Total $218.70 Total $218.70 Total $218.70 Total $109.50
4 Subsection 9.5.10.2 (Part-day travel period)

Omit “$48.80”, substitute “$49.80”.

5 Subsection 9.5.20.2 (Member living in), table

Omit “$66.70” (wherever occurring), substitute “$67.75”.

6 Subsection 9.5.22.2 (Travel for more than 21 days), table item 3

Omit “$66.70”, substitute “$67.75”.

7 Subsection 9.5.39.2 (Member living in), table

Omit “$66.70” (wherever occurring), substitute “$67.75”.

8 Subsection 9.5.41.2 (Travel for more than 21 days), table item 3

Omit “$66.70”, substitute “$67.75”.

9 Annex 9.5.A (Amounts for accommodation, meals and incidentals), Part 1 table

Omit the table, substitute:

Column 1
Location
Column 2
Accommodation
($)
Column 3
Breakfast
($)
Column 4
Lunch
($)
Column 5
Dinner
($)
Column 6
Incidentals
($)
Adelaide 185.00 29.45 41.70 58.35 27.65
Brisbane 192.00
Canberra 205.00
Darwin
(April to November)
268.00
Darwin
(December to March)
149.00
Hobart 184.00
Melbourne 217.00
Perth 199.00
Sydney 247.00
High-cost country centres See Part 3
Medium-cost country centres (see Part 4) 128.00 27.05 27.65 53.90 27.65
Other country centres 117.00
10 Annex 9.5.A (Amounts for accommodation, meals and incidentals), Part 2 table

Omit the table, substitute:

Column 1
Location
Column 2
Accommodation
($)
Column 3
Breakfast
($)
Column 4
Lunch
($)
Column 5
Dinner
($)
Column 6
Incidentals
($)
Adelaide 139.00 27.05 30.45 51.85 19.35
Brisbane 144.00
Canberra 154.00
Darwin
(April to November)
201.00
Darwin
(December to March)
112.00
Hobart 138.00
Melbourne 163.00
Perth 149.00
Sydney 185.00
High-cost country centres See Part 3
Medium-cost country centres (see Part 4) 107.00 24.25 27.65 47.70 19.35
Other country centres 97.00
11 Annex 9.5.A (Amounts for accommodation, meals and incidentals), Part 3 table

Omit the table, substitute:

Location Maximum accommodation cost
($)
Location Maximum accommodation cost
($)
New South Wales South Australia
Armidale 124.50 Bordertown 140.00
Bathurst 130.00 Ceduna 125.00
Bega 139.00 Mount Gambier 124.50
Bourke 141.00 Naracoorte 119.00
Broken Hill 133.50 Port Augusta 123.50
Cobar 121.50 Port Lincoln 148.50
Coffs Harbour 131.50 Port Pirie 124.50
Cowra 117.00 Wilpena Pound 181.50
Dubbo 120.50 Tasmania
Gosford 121.00 Burnie 136.00
Goulburn 118.50 Devonport 140.00
Gunnedah 116.00 Launceston 125.00
Inverell 116.00 Queenstown 120.00
Leeton 116.50 Victoria
Lismore 117.50 Bairnsdale 122.00
Maitland 135.50 Ballarat 131.00
Mudgee 133.50 Benalla 116.00
Muswellbrook 121.00 Bendigo 130.00
Newcastle 161.50 Bright 156.50
Nowra 123.50 Geelong 118.50
Orange 129.50 Hamilton 116.00
Port Macquarie 152.00 Horsham 142.50
Queanbeyan 133.50 Mildura 123.00
Tumut 112.00 Portland 116.50
Wagga Wagga 133.50 Sale 126.00
Wollongong 149.00 Seymour 112.50
Northern Territory Shepparton 126.00
Alice Springs 141.50 Swan Hill 134.00
Jabiru 216.50 Wangaratta 113.50
Katherine 137.50 Warrnambool 119.50
Nhulunbuy 230.00 Wonthaggi 140.00
Tennant Creek 129.00
Yulara 264.00
Location Maximum accommodation cost
($)
Location Maximum accommodation cost
($)
Queensland Western Australia
Cairns 142.50 Albany 130.50
Dalby 141.50 Broome 193.50
Emerald 123.50 Bunbury 130.00
Gold Coast 197.00 Carnarvon 141.50
Hervey Bay 130.00 Esperance 140.50
Horn Island 157.00 Exmouth 199.50
Mackay 125.00 Geraldton 161.00
Maryborough 112.50 Halls Creek 144.00
Monto 120.00 Kalgoorlie 155.50
Mount Isa 141.50 Karratha 205.50
Nambour 121.50 Kununurra 185.00
Rockhampton 119.50 Northam 112.00
Roma 118.00 Port Hedland 149.00
Toowoomba 135.50 External Australian Territory
Christmas Island 169.00
Cocos Island 290.00
Norfolk Island 160.00
12 Annex 9.5.A (Amounts for accommodation, meals and incidentals), Part 4 table

Omit the table, substitute:

Medium-cost country centres
New South Wales Queensland
Albury Ayr
Cooma Bundaberg
Grafton Charters Towers
Griffith Gladstone
Moree Innisfail
Tamworth Kingaroy
South Australia Warwick
Kadina Victoria
Whyalla Wodonga
13 Annex 9.5.B (Amounts for travel after 21 days), Part 2 table

Omit the table, substitute:

Item If, during the travel period, the member is… and... then their maximum entitlement is…
1. boarding (in a boarding house, hotel or motel) the tariff is not all-inclusive and cooking facilities are not provided

$764.45 a week.

the tariff is not all-inclusive and cooking facilities are provided the cost of meals and food for meal preparation of up to $428.65 a week.
2. renting - the cost of meals and food for meal preparation of up to $428.65 a week.
14 Subsection 15.2.37.2 (Meal allowances – additional duty), formula

Omit “29.40”, substitute “30.05”.

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