REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL
Explanatory Statement: Determination 2009/02
Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office
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 1.3 set remuneration for the office of Chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, with effect on and from 15 December 2008. This office was previously a full-time office prior to recent amendments to the Water Act 2007.
6. Clause 1.4 deletes all references to offices associated with the now defunct Dairy Adjustment Authority.
PART 2 – FULL-TIME OFFICES
7. Clause 2.1 specifies the Principal Determination (Number 8 of 2008 as amended) for the purposes of Part 2 of the Determination.
8. Clauses 2.2 to 2.5 remove the office of Chair of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority from the Principal Determination and set remuneration for the new office of Chief Executive, with effect on and from 15 December 2008. They also provide accommodation and reunion travel allowances for the appointee to the office of Chief Executive, Mr Rob Freeman, while he maintains his principal place of residence in Adelaide.
Authority: Sub-sections 7(3) and 7(4) of
the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.