Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2005/16 Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament (Cth)

Determination 2005/16:

Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament

(i)        Pursuant to subsections 7(1), 7(2), 7(3) 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 the day following the day it is registered in the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments unless otherwise specified.

PART 1 – PART TIME OFFICES

1.1       In this part, Determination Number 5 of 2005 (as amended) is referred to as the Principal Determination.

1.2       Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination is amended by adding the following entry, immediately under the entry for ‘Defence Families of Australia’.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation	30,130	p/a	524	p/d	Tier 1

1.3           Clause 1.2 takes effect on and from 23 August 2005.

1.4           Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination is amended by deleting the current entry for ‘The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd’ and its associated entries, and by substituting the following entry at the end of the table.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
The Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Ltd 43	6,940	p/a	5,240	p/a	Tier 1

1.5           Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination is amended by adding footnote 43, which reads:

⁴³ The Carrick Institute:  Members of the Institute who serve on the Audit and Risk Management Committee (the Committee) receive an additional $2,776 per annum for the Chair of the Committee and $2,096 per annum for Members of the Committee.

1.6           Clauses 1.4 and 1.5 take effect on and from 5 September 2005.

1.7           Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination is amended by deleting the entries in Column 1 for “Health Insurance Commission ¹⁰” and the “Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency (Centrelink) ⁶ #”, and their associated entries.

1.8            Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination is amended by omitting the current wording of footnotes 6 and 10 and substituting the following wording:

⁶ Footnote deleted.

¹⁰ Footnote deleted.

1.9       Table A1A of Schedule A of the Principal Determination is amended by omitting the entries in Column 1 for “Australian Film Finance Corporation Pty Ltd ¹⁸” and “Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies”, and substituting the entries “Film Finance Corporation Australia ¹⁸” and “ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies” respectively.  The associated remuneration entries remain unchanged.

PART 2 – MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

2.1       In this part, Determination Number 8 of 2005 (as amended) is referred to as the Principal Determination.

2.2       Table 1A of the Principal Determination is amended by deleting the current entry for ‘Bordertown’ and its associated entries, and by substituting the following entry beneath the heading ‘SOUTH AUSTRALIA’:

Bordertown $283 $200

2.3Clause 2.13.1 of the Principal Determination is amended by deleting the current clause and inserting the following in its place:

“A member representing an electorate of 300,000 km² or more shall be entitled to access up to 30 overnight transit stops per annum from the overnight stays as provided in clause 2.13, at the nearest major transport centre, where they are not able to access their electorate through direct flights from within their electorate.”

2.4       Clause 2.15 of the Principal Determination is amended by deleting the current clause and inserting the following in its place:

“A senator from the Northern Territory or the Member for Lingiari who visits the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and/or Christmas Island and the Member for Canberra or a senator from the Australian Capital Territory who visits Norfolk Island for electorate business shall be paid additional travelling allowance up to a maximum of:

a)     in the case of a senator from the Northern Territory or the Member for Lingiari, eighteen days per annum; and

b)     in the case of a senator from the Australian Capital Territory or the Member for Canberra, eleven days per annum;

unless prevailing airline schedules prevent the senator or member from completing his or her journey within that maximum number of days.  This entitlement shall apply to senators from the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory only while the total representation from those Territories in both Houses does not exceed eight senators and members in the Parliament.”