REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2009/01
Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office and Members of Parliament - Entitlements
1. The Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into and determined the remuneration and significantly related matters for office holders, as it is empowered to do by the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.
2. In making this determination the Tribunal has informed itself through consultation in accordance with established practice.
3. Any retrospective application of this determination is in accordance with subsection 12(2) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 as it does not affect the rights of a person (other than the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth) to that person’s disadvantage, nor does it impose any liability on such a person.
PART 1 – PART-TIME OFFICES
4. Clause 1.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 7 of 2008 as amended) for the purposes of Part 1 of the Determination.
5. Clauses 1.2 to 1.4 set remuneration for the new offices of Chair and Member of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Advisory Council, with effect on and from 1 January 2009, the date of establishment of the Authority.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
6. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2008 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
7. Clauses 2.2 to 2.3 specify that Dr Peter Boxall AO will receive a person specific rate of remuneration while occupying the office of Member of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, with effect from his date of commencement.
8. Clauses 2.4 and 2.5 set remuneration for the new office of Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority, with effect on and from 1 January 2009, the date of establishment of the Authority.
9. Clause 2.6 sets a personal loading for Ms Karen Murphy, while she occupies the office for which remuneration was set in Clause 2.4.
PART 3 – MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT - ENTITLEMENTS
10. Clause 3.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 18 of 2006 as amended) for the purposes of Part 3 of the Determination.
11. Clauses 3.2 to 3.3 increase the amount of the multiplier by which Communications Allowance is calculated, consistent with a price increase by Australia Post, and provide a mechanism for adjusting the allowances of Members of Parliament for the 2008/09 year.
12. Clause 3.4 changes the wording of the clause relating to call forward of Communications Allowance in an election year to make clear that the call forward only relates to expenditure incurred after the election.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.