Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment (Travel and meal allowances) Determination 2021 (No. 18) (Cth)
Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment (Travel and meal allowances) Determination 2021 (No. 18)
I, FIONA LOUISE McSPEERIN, Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Dated 29 September 2021
Fiona Louise McSpeerin
Assistant Secretary
People Policy and Employment Conditions
Defence People Group
Contents
1 Name........................................................................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1
3 Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1
4 Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1
Schedule 1—Travel and meal allowances amendments 2
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service 2
1 Name
This instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment (Travel and meal allowances) Determination 2021 (No. 18).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences 11 November 2021.
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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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—Travel and meal allowances amendments
Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service
| 1 | Section 4.5.9 (Rates of allowance), table |
| Omit the table, substitute: |
Item Column A
Meal period
Column B
Rate ($)
1. breakfast 26.15 2. lunch under paragraph 4.5.6.1.d 12.00 3. any other lunch 29.85 4. dinner 51.50
| 2 | Subsection 7.5.24.2 (Meals – hotel or serviced apartment), table |
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Item Column A
Meal period
Column B
Capital cities and high-cost country centres
($)Column C
Other locations
($)1. breakfast 29.20 26.15 2. lunch 32.85 29.85 3. dinner 56.00 51.50
| 3 | Paragraph 7.5.24.3.b (Meals – hotel or serviced apartment) |
| Omit “that”, substitute “other”. | |
| 4 | Subsection 7.5.24.3 (Meals – hotel or serviced apartment), table |
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Item Column A
Meal period
Column B
Capital cities and high-cost country centres
($)Column C
Other locations
($)1. breakfast 14.60 13.10 2. lunch 16.45 14.95 3. dinner 28.00 25.75
| 5 | Subsection 9.5.10.2 (Part-day travel period) |
| Omit “$52.70”, substitute “$53.45”. | |
| 6 | Subsection 9.5.20.2 (Member living in eligible to use the Defence travel card), table item 5 |
| Omit “$71.40”, substitute “$72.10”. | |
| 7 | Subsection 9.5.22.2 (Travel for more than 21 days), table item 3 |
| Omit “$71.40”, substitute “$72.10”. | |
| 8 | Subsection 9.5.39.2 (Member living in), table item 5 |
| Omit “$71.40”, substitute “$72.10”. | |
| 9 | Subsection 9.5.41.2 (Travel for more than 21 days), table item 3 |
| Omit “$71.40”, substitute “$72.10”. | |
| 10 | Annex 9.5.A (Accommodation rates), Part 1, table |
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Column A
Location
Column B
Brigadier or higher
($)
Column C
Colonel or lower
($)
Adelaide 178.00 134.00 Brisbane 200.00 150.00 Canberra 223.00 167.00 Darwin
(April to November)270.00 202.00 Darwin
(December to March)145.00 108.00 Hobart 164.00 123.00 Melbourne 193.00 145.00 Perth 192.00 144.00 Sydney 264.00 198.00 High-cost country centres See Part 2 See Part 2 Medium-cost country centres (see Part 3) 154.00 129.00 Other country centres 142.00 118.00
| 11 | Annex 9.5.A (Accommodation rates), Part 2, table |
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| Column A Location | Column B Rate ($) |
| New South Wales | |
| Armidale | 146.50 |
| Bathurst | 141.00 |
| Bega | 139.00 |
| Bourke | 156.00 |
| Broken Hill | 152.00 |
| Cobar | 144.00 |
| Coffs Harbour | 148.00 |
| Dubbo | 142.00 |
| Gosford | 144.50 |
| Goulburn | 140.50 |
| Gunnedah | 138.00 |
| Leeton | 137.50 |
| Lismore | 143.50 |
| Maitland | 154.50 |
| Mudgee | 159.00 |
| Muswellbrook | 156.50 |
| Narrabri | 135.00 |
| Newcastle | 184.50 |
| Nowra | 146.00 |
| Orange | 155.50 |
| Port Macquarie | 170.00 |
| Queanbeyan | 138.00 |
| Tumut | 134.50 |
| Wagga Wagga | 152.00 |
| Wollongong | 153.00 |
| Northern Territory | |
| Alice Springs (April to November) | 134.50 |
| Alice Springs (December to March) | 123.00 |
| Jabiru (April to November) | 241.50 |
| Jabiru (December to March) | 163.50 |
| Katherine (April to November) | 148.00 |
| Katherine (December to March) | 147.00 |
| Nhulunbuy (April to November) | 257.00 |
| Nhulunbuy (December to March) | 229.00 |
| Tennant Creek | 144.50 |
| Yulara (April to November) | 462.00 |
| Yulara (December to March) | 433.00 |
| Queensland | |
| Bundaberg | 138.50 |
| Cairns | 162.50 |
| Dalby | 176.50 |
| Emerald | 141.50 |
| Gold Coast | 198.50 |
| Hervey Bay | 141.00 |
| Kingaroy | 140.50 |
| Mackay | 135.00 |
| Monto | 138.00 |
| Mount Isa | 167.50 |
| Roma | 141.50 |
| Toowoomba | 141.50 |
| South Australia | |
| Mount Gambier | 138.50 |
| Port Lincoln | 159.50 |
| Wilpena Pound | 184.50 |
| Tasmania | |
| Burnie | 158.00 |
| Victoria | |
| Ballarat | 153.50 |
| Benalla | 142.00 |
| Bendigo | 140.00 |
| Bright | 167.00 |
| Geelong | 136.00 |
| Hamilton | 138.50 |
| Horsham | 153.50 |
| Mildura | 134.50 |
| Portland | 136.50 |
| Sale | 134.00 |
| Seymour | 134.00 |
| Shepparton | 150.00 |
| Swan Hill | 136.00 |
| Wangaratta | 144.00 |
| Wonthaggi | 151.50 |
| Western Australia | |
| Albany | 145.50 |
| Broome | 180.00 |
| Carnarvon | 154.00 |
| Derby | 147.50 |
| Esperance | 162.00 |
| Exmouth | 149.50 |
| Geraldton | 154.50 |
| Halls Creek | 160.50 |
| Kalgoorlie | 146.50 |
| Karratha | 180.00 |
| Kununurra | 182.00 |
| Newman | 147.50 |
| Northam | 144.50 |
| Port Hedland | 150.00 |
| External Australian Territory | |
| Christmas Island (WA) | 197.50 |
| Cocos | 331.00 |
| Horn | 178.00 |
| Norfolk Island | 143.00 |
| 12 | Annex 9.5.A (Accommodation rates), Part 3, table |
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Medium-cost country centres New South Wales Albury Cooma Cowra Grafton Griffith Inverell Tamworth Taree Western Australia Bunbury Queensland Charters Towers Maryborough Rockhampton Townsville Tasmania Devonport South Australia Ceduna Naracoorte Port Augusta Whyalla Victoria Bairnsdale Warrnambool
| 13 | Annex 9.5.A (Accommodation rates), Part 4, table |
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Column A
Location
Column B
Breakfast
($)
Column C
Lunch
($)
Column D
Dinner
($)
Column E
Incidentals
($)
Capital cities and
high-cost country centres29.20 32.85 56.00 20.60 Medium-cost country centres and other country centres 26.15 29.85 51.50 20.60
| 14 | Annex 9.5.B (Amounts for travel after 21 days), Part 2, table |
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Part 2: Amounts for travel after 21 days – meals
| The weekly maximum rate for a member who occupies a type of accommodation in column A that meets the condition in column B is the rate in column C of the following table. |
Item Column A
Accommodation
Column B
Condition
Column C
Rate
($)
1. A boarding house, hotel or motel where the tariff is not all inclusive Cooking facilities are not provided 826.35 Cooking facilities are provided 462.75 3. Rental accommodation - 462.75
| 15 | Subsection 15.2A.27.3 (Meal allowance – additional duty) |
| Omit “AUD 30.60”, substitute “AUD 32.50”: |
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