{"id":"F2025L00719","name":"Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-time Public Office) Determination 2025","slug":"f2025l00719","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":345292,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L00719-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full‑time Public Office) Determination 2025.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"When this instrument takes effect","content":"#### 3 When this instrument takes effect\n\n This instrument takes effect at the start of 1 July 2025.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 4 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subsections 7(3) and (4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination supersedes previous determination","content":"#### 5 Determination supersedes previous determination\n\n This instrument supersedes the Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full‑time Public Office) Determination 2024.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 7 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> agency, of an office holder, means:\n\n (a) the agency to which the office holder is attached; or\n (b) if the office holder is not attached to an agency—the portfolio Department.\n\n> benefit means:\n\n (a) any non‑monetary benefit provided at the employing authority’s expense to or for the benefit of an office holder as a personal benefit, including:\n (i) a vehicle (see section 16); and\n (ii) vehicle parking (see section 17); and\n (b) any other benefit received by way of remuneration packaging (see section 13).\n\n> CSS (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme) has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 1976.\n\n> DFRDB (short for Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits) means the scheme established by the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973.\n\n> employer superannuation contribution for an office holder means:\n\n (a) if the office holder is a member of the CSS, PSS, DFRDB or MSBS—the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution under subsection 14(1), (2), (3) or (4); or\n (b) if the office holder is a member of the PSSAP—15.4% of ordinary time earnings (within the meaning of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992) for the office holder; or\n (c) if the office holder is a member of the defined benefit division of UniSuper—the amount mentioned in paragraph 14(6)(b); or\n (d) if the office holder is a member of another superannuation fund—the amount worked out under subsection 14(7).\n\n> Note 1: An office holder’s employer superannuation contribution is part of the office holder’s total remuneration (see section 8).\n\n> Note 2: Superannuation contributions made as a result of remuneration packaging do not form part of an office holder’s employer superannuation contribution (see section 13).\n\n> employing authority, in relation to an office holder, means an entity exercising a power or performing a function in relation to the office holder’s employment or remuneration.\n\n> fringe benefits tax means fringe benefits tax (within the meaning of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 as it applies of its own force or because of the Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986).\n\n> MSBS (short for Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme) has the same meaning as Scheme has in the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991.\n\n> office holder means a person who holds an office in column 1 of Table 2A.\n\n> office locality, in relation to an office holder, means the geographic locality of the office holder’s usual place of work on official business.\n\n> official business, in relation to an office holder, means business pertaining to or required by the duties of the office holder’s office.\n\n> official travel determination means the Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2025 (or any determination that supersedes that determination).\n\n> PSS (short for Public Sector Superannuation Scheme) has the same meaning as Public Sector Superannuation Scheme has in the Superannuation Act 1990.\n\n> PSSAP (short for Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan) has the same meaning as in the Superannuation Act 2005.\n\n> superannuation salary, for an office holder who is a member of the CSS, PSS, DFRDB, MSBS or the defined benefit division of UniSuper, is the amount worked out under section 15.\n\n> Table 2A means the table of total remuneration in section 10.\n\n> Table 2B means the table of special provisions for certain offices in section 11.\n\n> Table 3A means the table of superannuation salaries in subsection 15(1).\n\n> Table 3B means the table of superannuation salaries for specified office holders in subsection 15(2).\n\n> Table 5A means the table of accommodation assistance in subsection 19(6).\n\n> Table 5B means the table of reunion fares assistance in subsection 22(4).\n\n> Table 6A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 23.\n\n> total remuneration: see section 8.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Meaning of total remuneration","content":"#### 8 Meaning of total remuneration\n\n (1) For the purposes of this instrument, the total remuneration of an office holder is the amount, per year, in column 2 of Table 2A.\n (2) The total remuneration of an office holder represents the value, calculated at the total cost to the employing authority of the office holder (including fringe benefits tax), of the following in relation to the office holder:\n (a) salary, allowances and lump sum payments;\n (b) benefits;\n (c) the employer superannuation contribution.\n (3) However, the total remuneration of an office holder does not include the following:\n (a) the value of facilities provided as business support that are not required to be included in total remuneration under section 18;\n (b) assistance paid in accordance with Part 5;\n (c) reimbursement of expenses incurred on geographic relocation following appointment as an office holder, in accordance with agency policies and practices where approved by the employing authority;\n (d) travel expenses and allowances under the official travel determination;\n (e) payment in lieu of recreation leave in accordance with the Remuneration Tribunal (Recreation Leave for Holders of Relevant Offices) Determination 2018 (or any determination that supersedes that determination);\n (f) compensation for early loss of office in accordance with the Remuneration Tribunal (Compensation for Loss of Office for Holders of Certain Public Offices) Determination 2018 (or any determination that supersedes that determination).","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Remuneration and benefits not to be supplemented","content":"#### 9 Remuneration and benefits not to be supplemented\n\n The remuneration and benefits provided for in this instrument must not be supplemented.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Remuneration","content":"## Part 2—Remuneration","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Total remuneration","content":"#### 10 Total remuneration\n\n The following table (Table 2A) sets out, for the holder of each office in column 1:\n (a) the total remuneration, per year, of the office holder; and\n (b) the special provisions of this instrument that apply to the office holder (if any); and\n (c) the travel tier that applies to the office holder for the purposes of the official travel determination.\n\n```html\n

Table 2A—Total remuneration

Column 1

Office

Column 2

Total remuneration (per year)

Column 3

Special provisions

Column 4

Travel tier

Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

$1,004,300

1

Australian Public Service Commissioner

$932,120

1

Chairperson, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

$878,760

Table 2B, item 1

1

Chairperson, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

$878,760

1

Director‑General, Office of the Special Investigator

$878,760

1

Solicitor‑General

$878,760

1

Chief Executive Officer, Services Australia

$847,410

1

Australian Federal Police Commissioner

$816,000

1

Director‑General, Office of National Intelligence

$816,000

1

Deputy Chair, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

$803,440

1

National Anti‑Corruption Commissioner

$803,440

1

Member, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

$753,240

1

Director‑General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

$753,240

1

Director‑General, Australian Signals Directorate

$753,240

1

Director of Public Prosecutions

$753,240

1

Australian Border Force Commissioner

$728,120

1

Director‑General, Australian Submarine Agency

$728,120

1

Chief Executive Officer, National Disability Insurance Agency

$728,120

1

Deputy Chairperson, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

$703,030

1

Vice Chief of the Defence Force

$690,470

1

Chair, Productivity Commission

$690,470

1

Deputy Chairperson, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

$659,090

Table 2B, item 1

1

Chief of Navy

$659,090

1

Chief of Army

$659,090

1

Chief of Air Force

$659,090

1

Vice President, Fair Work Commission

$659,090

1

Chief Executive Officer, Austrade

$627,700

1

Chair, Australian Communications and Media Authority

$627,700

1

Member, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

$627,700

Table 2B, item 1

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

$627,700

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency

$627,700

1

Australian Electoral Commissioner

$627,700

1

Chair, Australian Energy Regulator

$627,700

1

Member, Australian Securities and Investments Commission

$627,700

1

Chair/Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Regulator

$627,700

1

Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Agency

$627,700

1

National Anti‑Corruption Deputy Commissioner

$627,700

1

Chief Executive Officer, National Indigenous Australians Agency

$627,700

1

First Parliamentary Counsel

$627,700

1

Chief Executive Officer, National Health and Medical Research Council

$596,320

1

Chief Executive, Australian Financial Security Authority

$564,950

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre

$564,950

2

Director, Bureau of Meteorology

$564,950

2

Chief Scientist

$564,950

1

Chief Executive Officer, Housing Australia

$564,950

2

Chief Executive Officer, Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority

$564,950

1

Inspector of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission

$564,950

1

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner

$533,550

2

eSafety Commissioner

$533,550

2

Examiner, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

$533,550

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable Energy Agency

$533,550

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Research Council

$533,550

1

Commonwealth Ombudsman

$533,550

1

Deputy President, Fair Work Commission

$533,550

1

Chief Executive Officer, High Speed Rail Authority

$533,550

Table 2B, item 11

2

Information Commissioner

$533,550

1

Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security

$533,550

1

National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commissioner

$533,550

2

Chief Commissioner, Infrastructure Australia

$533,550

1

Independent National Security Legislation Monitor

$525,190

1

Director-General, Australian Centre for Disease Control

$502,180

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

$502,180

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority

$502,180

2

President, Australian Human Rights Commission

$502,180

1

Director‑General, Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator

$502,180

1

Chief Commissioner, Australian Transport Safety Bureau

$502,180

1

Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Australia

$502,180

2

Fair Work Ombudsman

$502,180

1

Inspector‑General of Taxation

$502,180

1

Jobs and Skills Australia Commissioner

$502,180

2

Chief Executive, Murray‑Darling Basin Authority

$502,180

1

Coordinator‑General, National Emergency Management Agency

$502,180

Table 2B, item 3

1

Chief Executive Officer, National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority

$502,180

2

Chief Executive Officer, Net Zero Economy Authority

$502,180

1

Parliamentary Budget Officer

$502,180

2

Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission

$502,180

1

Second Parliamentary Counsel

$502,180

2

Chief Executive Officer, Sport Integrity Australia

$502,180

2

Data Standards Chair

$486,400

1

Defence and Veterans’ Services Commissioner

$486,400

2

Digital ID Data Standards Chair

$486,400

1

Chair, Australian Accounting Standards Board

$470,800

1

Deputy Chair, Australian Communications and Media Authority

$470,800

1

Chief Executive Officer, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

$470,800

2

Inspector‑General Australian Defence Force

$470,800

2

Inspector‑General of Aged Care

$470,800

2

Member, Australian Energy Regulator

$470,800

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Fisheries Management Authority

$470,800

1

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Skills Quality Authority

$470,800

2

Chief Executive Officer, Comcare

$470,800

2

General Manager, Fair Work Commission

$470,800

1

Chief Executive Officer, National Anti‑Corruption Commission

$470,800

1

Chief Executive Officer, Parliamentary Workplace Support Service

$470,800

2

Chair, Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

$470,800

1

Chief Executive Officer, Safe Work Australia

$470,800

2

Chair, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

$439,400

1

Director, Australian Institute of Criminology

$439,400

1

Director, Australian Institute of Family Studies

$439,400

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority

$439,400

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency

$439,400

1

Commissioner, Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission

$439,400

2

Director of Military Prosecutions

$439,400

2

Director of National Parks

$439,400

2

Associate Director of Public Prosecutions

$439,400

1

Commissioner, Fair Work Commission

$439,400

1

Freedom of Information Commissioner

$439,400

2

Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure Australia

$439,400

1

Director‑General, National Archives of Australia

$439,400

2

General Manager, National Blood Authority

$439,400

2

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility

$439,400

Table 2B, item 7

1

Privacy Commissioner

$439,400

2

Commissioner, Productivity Commission

$439,400

2

Director, Professional Services Review

$439,400

1

Deputy Electoral Commissioner

$424,000

2

Complaints Commissioner, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research

$408,020

2

Member, Australian Communications and Media Authority

$408,020

1

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner

$408,020

2

Age Discrimination Commissioner

$408,020

2

Australian Anti‑Slavery Commissioner

$408,020

2

Disability Discrimination Commissioner

$408,020

2

Human Rights Commissioner

$408,020

2

Illicit Tobacco and E‑cigarette Commissioner

$408,020

2

National Children’s Commissioner

$408,020

2

Race Discrimination Commissioner

$408,020

2

Sex Discrimination Commissioner

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian National Preventative Health Agency

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Radioactive Waste Agency

$408,020

Table 2B, item 8

1

Director‑General, Australian Safeguards and Non‑Proliferation Office

$408,020

1

Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, Climate Change Authority

$408,020

2

Chair, Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority

$408,020

2

Inspector‑General of Water Compliance

$408,020

2

Chief Executive, National Capital Authority

$408,020

2

Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool

$408,020

2

Chief Executive Officer, National Transport Commission

$408,020

1

Official Secretary to the Governor‑General

$408,020

2

Director, Old Parliament House

$408,020

2

Deputy President, Repatriation Commission

$408,020

1

Chief Executive Officer, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency

$408,020

2

Principal Member, Veterans’ Review Board

$408,020

Table 6A, item 1

1

Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Hostels Limited

$376,640

2

Administrator of the Northern Territory

$376,640

1

Commissioner, Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission

$376,640

2

Deputy Director‑General, Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Regulator

$376,640

1

Deputy Commonwealth Ombudsman

$376,640

2

Chief Executive Officer, Food Standards Australia New Zealand

$376,640

1

Gene Technology Regulator

$376,640

2

Executive Director, Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme

$376,640

2

National Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People

$376,640

2

National Rural Health Commissioner

$376,640

2

Associate Commissioner, Productivity Commission

$376,640

2

Registrar of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations

$345,260

2

Administrator, Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands

$345,260

Table 2B, item 4

2

Administrator, Norfolk Island

$345,260

2

Chief Executive Officer, Asbestos and Silica Safety and Eradication Agency

$345,260

2

Jobs and Skills Australia Deputy Commissioner

$345,260

2

National Data Commissioner

$345,260

2

Chief Executive Officer, National Health Funding Body

$345,260

2

Chief Executive Officer, National Sports Tribunal

$345,260

2

Deputy Chair, Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

$345,260

1

Associate Director, Professional Services Review

$345,260

1

Commissioner, Repatriation Commission

$345,260

2

Administrator, Torres Strait Regional Authority

$345,260

2

Chairperson, Torres Strait Regional Authority

$345,260

2

Australian Electoral Officer for New South Wales

$313,870

2

Australian Electoral Officer for Victoria

$313,870

2

Chief Executive Officer, Workplace Gender Equality Agency

$313,870

2

Merit Protection Commissioner

$313,870

Table 2B, item 12

2

Director, Office of Australian War Graves

$313,870

2

Executive Director of Township Leasing

$313,870

2

Chief Executive Officer, Torres Strait Regional Authority

$292,650

2

Australian Electoral Officer for Queensland

$282,500

2

Director, Classification Board

$282,500

Table 2B, item 5

2

Student Identifiers Registrar

$282,500

2

Director, Tuition Protection Service

$282,500

2

Senior Member, Veterans’ Review Board

$282,500

2

Australian Electoral Officer for Western Australia

$251,110

2

Chair (full‑time), Central Land Council

$251,110

2

Chair (full‑time), Northern Land Council

$251,110

2

Australian Electoral Officer for South Australia

$244,570

2

Australian Electoral Officer for Tasmania

$224,580

2

Chair (full‑time), Anindilyakwa Land Council

$219,720

2

Deputy Director, Classification Board

$219,720

Table 2B, item 5

2

Australian Electoral Officer for Northern Territory

$196,000

2

Defence Family Advocate, Defence Families of Australia

$188,660

3

Classifier, Classification Board

$156,960

Table 2B, item 6

3

Chair, Tiwi Land Council

$144,020

2

\n```","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Special provisions for certain offices","content":"#### 11 Special provisions for certain offices\n\n The provisions in column 2 of the following table (Table 2B) apply to the holders of the offices in column 1.\n\n```html\n

Table 2B—Special provisions for certain offices

Item

Column 1

Office

Column 2

Special provision

1

Chairperson, Deputy Chairperson and Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

Despite the official travel determination, the ACCC may put in place arrangements for Members’ travel to Canberra that are more cost effective than the travel entitlements they are otherwise entitled to under this determination.

3

Coordinator‑General, National Emergency Management Agency

Mr Brendan Moon will receive an additional fixed loading of $60,000 per year for the initial term of his appointment, beginning on 6 October 2022 and ending on 5 October 2027.

4

Administrator, Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Despite the official travel determination, the Administrator and any immediate family members normally resident with the Administrator on Christmas Island are entitled to 2 return economy class fares per year each between their home and work base

5

Director, Classification Board and Deputy Director, Classification Board

On any occasion when the Deputy Director acts as Director, the Deputy Director is entitled to the remuneration and other conditions determined for the Director.

6

Temporary Classifier

If a person is appointed to the Classification Board as a Temporary Classifier, a daily fee of $654 is payable to the person, in lieu of other provisions in this Part. The conditions for payment of the daily fee are as set out in Part 4 of the Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part‑time Public Office) Determination 2025.

The following do not apply to the person:

(a) Part 5 of this instrument;

(b) the Remuneration Tribunal (Recreation Leave for Holders of Relevant Offices) Determination 2018 (or any determination that supersedes that determination);

(c) the Remuneration Tribunal (Compensation for Loss of Office for Holders of Certain Public Offices) Determination 2018 (or any determination that supersedes that determination).

7

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility

Total remuneration for this office is $533,550 per year until 30 June 2026.

8

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Radioactive Waste Agency

Total remuneration for Mr Sam Usher is $560,630, for the initial term of his appointment.

11

Chief Executive Officer, High Speed Rail Authority

Mr Timothy Parker will receive a personal loading of $26,500 per year from 1 July 2024.

12

Merit Protection Commissioner

Ms Jamie Lowe will receive an additional fixed loading of $61,298 per year beginning on 30 September 2024 and ending on 29 September 2029.

\n```","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Part‑time work","content":"#### 12 Part‑time work\n\n (1) If an office holder’s employing authority has approved the office holder to perform the duties of the office on a part‑time basis, the total remuneration for that office is to be paid on a pro rata basis in accordance with the proportion of full‑time hours worked.\n (2) However, if the proposed hours are less than 60% of the full‑time hours, prior agreement of the Tribunal is required for the level of remuneration.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Remuneration packaging","content":"#### 13 Remuneration packaging\n\n (1) Subject to this Part, an office holder may elect to receive the benefit of the total remuneration, other than the employer superannuation contribution, as salary or a combination of salary and benefits if:\n (a) the election is consistent with relevant taxation laws and rulings or guidelines applicable to salary packaging schemes issued by the Australian Taxation Office; and\n (b) providing the benefit would not result in a cost to the employing authority (including any fringe benefits tax) that would not be incurred if the office holder received the remuneration in the form of salary.\n (2) To avoid doubt, a superannuation contribution made as a result of an election by an office holder under subsection (1) does not form part of the employer superannuation contribution for the office holder.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Superannuation","content":"## Part 3—Superannuation","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation","content":"#### 14 Superannuation\n\n Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme\n (1) For an office holder who is a member of the CSS:\n (a) the office holder’s annual rate of salary for the purposes of the CSS is the office holder’s superannuation salary; and\n (b) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of employer superannuation contribution in section 7, the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution for the office holder is an amount equal to 15.4% of the office holder’s superannuation salary.\n\n> Note: For the superannuation salary for an office holder who is a member of the CSS, see section 15.\n\n Public Sector Superannuation Scheme\n (2) For an office holder who is a member of the PSS:\n (a) the office holder’s basic salary for the purposes of the PSS is the office holder’s superannuation salary; and\n (b) the amount of the office holder’s recognised allowances for the purposes of the PSS is nil; and\n (c) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of employer superannuation contribution in section 7, the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution for the office holder is an amount equal to 15.4% of the office holder’s superannuation salary.\n\n> Note: For the superannuation salary for an office holder who is a member of the PSS, see section 15.\n\n Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits\n (3) For an office holder who is a member of the DFRDB:\n (a) the office holder’s annual rate of salary for the purposes of the DFRDB is the office holder’s superannuation salary; and\n (b) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of employer superannuation contribution in section 7, the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution for the office holder is an amount equal to 15.4% of the office holder’s superannuation salary.\n\n> Note: For the superannuation salary for an office holder who is a member of the DFRDB, see section 15.\n\n Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme\n (4) For an office holder who is a member of the MSBS:\n (a) the office holder’s annual rate of salary for the purposes of the MSBS is the office holder’s superannuation salary; and\n (b) for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of employer superannuation contribution in section 7, the value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution for the office holder is an amount equal to 15.4% of the office holder’s superannuation salary.\n\n> Note: For the superannuation salary for an office holder who is a member of the MSBS, see section 15.\n\n Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan\n (5) For an office holder who is a member of PSSAP, the office holder’s superannuation salary for the purposes of the Superannuation (PSSAP) Trust Deed is the office holder’s ordinary time earnings (within the meaning of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992).\n UniSuper\n (6) For an office holder who is a member of the defined benefit division of UniSuper:\n (a) the office holder’s annual rate of salary for the purposes of the defined benefit division of UniSuper is the office holder’s superannuation salary; and\n (b) for the purposes of paragraph (ba) of the definition of employer superannuation contribution in section 7, the amount is the contribution made by an employer to the defined benefit division of UniSuper in respect of the office holder.\n\n> Note 1: For the superannuation salary for an office holder who is a member of the defined benefit division of UniSuper, see section 15.\n\n> Note 2: Generally, the contribution made by an employer to the defined benefit division of UniSuper in respect of an office holder is either 14% or 17% of the office holder’s superannuation salary.\n\n Other superannuation funds\n (7) For an office holder who is a member of any other superannuation fund, the employer superannuation contribution is the minimum contribution that would, under section 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, reduce the charge percentage for that office holder to nil.\n No cash in lieu\n (8) The value attributed to the employer superannuation contribution under this section is referable to a non‑salary component of total remuneration and may not be the subject of an election to take an equivalent amount of salary instead.","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Superannuation salary for the purposes of CSS, PSS, DFRDB, MSBS and UniSuper","content":"#### 15 Superannuation salary for the purposes of CSS, PSS, DFRDB, MSBS and UniSuper\n\n (1) Subject to subsection (2), the superannuation salary for an office holder who is a member of the CSS, PSS, DFRDB, MSBS or the defined benefit division of UniSuper is worked out in accordance with the following table (Table 3A).\n\n```html\n

Table 3A—Superannuation salary—general

Item

If the office holder’s total remuneration is …

the office holder’s superannuation salary is …

1

$502,180 or more

70% of the office holder’s total remuneration (rounded up to the nearest $10).

2

less than $502,180

73% of the office holder’s total remuneration (rounded up to the nearest $10).

\n```\n\n (2) If an office or an office holder is specified in column 1 of the following table (Table 3B), the amount in column 2 is the superannuation salary for a holder of that office, or for that office holder.\n\n```html\n

Table 3B—Superannuation salary for specified office holders

Item

Column 1

Office or office holder

Column 2

Superannuation salary

1

Mr Michael Burgess, Director‑General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

$536,570

2

Mr Iain Anderson, Commonwealth Ombudsman

$428,480

3

Ms Elizabeth Hefren‑Webb, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner

$426,150

4

Ms Sam Reinhardt, Parliamentary Budget Officer

$402,300

6

Mr Gerard Martin, Official Secretary to the Governor‑General

$308,420

8

Ms Melinda Hatton, Director, Tuition Protection Service

$235,150

9

Deputy Director, Classification Board

$188,970

10

Classifier, Classification Board

$134,990

11

Ms Jamie Lowe, Merit Protection Commissioner

$323,500

12

Professor Adriana Platona, General Manager, National Blood Authority

$342,903

13

Ms Kathleen Rowley, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Change Authority

$307,563

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Table 5A—Accommodation assistance

Item

Column 1

Office holder

Column 2

Office

Column 3

Assistance (per year)

2

Mr Graeme Barden

Executive Director, Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (until 30 June 2026)

$40,000

3

The Hon Mary Wooldridge

Chief Executive Officer, Workplace Gender Equality Agency (until 18 May 2026)

$20,000

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Table 5B—Reunion travel assistance

Item

Column 1

Office holder

Column 2

Office

Column 3

Assistance (per year)

3

The Hon Mary Wooldridge

Chief Executive Officer, Workplace Gender Equality Agency (until 18 May 2026)

$18,000

4

Mr Graeme Barden

Executive Director, Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (until 30 June 2026)

$5,933

5

Mr Andrew McConville

Chief Executive, Murray‑Darling Basin Authority (until 18 June 2026)

$16,500

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Table 6A—Application and transitional provisions

Item

Column 1

Provision

Column 2

Application and transitional provisions

1

Table 2A, item dealing with Principal Member, Veterans’ Review Board

This item, as amended by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2025, applies on and after 1 July 2025.

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Examples include fixed personal loadings for named incumbents (e.g. Brendan Moon, Timothy Parker, Sam Usher, Jamie Lowe) and other limited departures from the general travel rules for specific offices (Table 2B items cited in section 11).\n\n- Part‑time incumbents are paid pro rata (section 12), but if hours are below 60% of full‑time the Tribunal must agree to the remoteness from full‑time pay.\n\n- Office holders may elect salary packaging for part of their total remuneration subject to tax rules and a test that the employer’s cost (including fringe benefits tax) does not increase (section 13).\n\n- Superannuation treatment is addressed in detail. 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In practice this does three things: (1) updates pay and employer superannuation inputs; (2) confirms how benefits and non‑salary items are valued for accounting and tax (including fringe benefits); and (3) preserves some bespoke arrangements for specific offices or incumbents via special provisions (Table 2B).\n\n- Who pays and how costs are measured: employing authorities pay the amounts listed. The instrument measures “total remuneration” as the total cost to the employing authority (including any fringe benefits tax) (section 8(2)). That means agency payroll and operating budgets carry the direct cost (salary, benefits, employer superannuation and FBT), and agencies must calculate remuneration on that total‑cost basis.\n\n- Incentives and administrative trade‑offs:\n - Recruitment and retention: by fixing pay and targeted loadings the instrument aims to make certain roles competitively remunerated. Those payments create concentrated benefits for incumbents or prospective senior hires and diffuse costs borne by agency budgets.\n - Complexity and compliance overhead: agencies must apply cross‑referenced rules (superannuation salary calculations in Tables 3A/3B, packaging rules in section 13, valuation of vehicles and car‑parking in sections 16–17). 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That means agencies exercise factual discretion within Tribunal rules.\n\n- Cross‑referencing and dependence on other instruments: the determination explicitly excludes items governed by separate Tribunal instruments (for example, official travel, recreation leave and compensation for loss of office) and references the separate official travel determination for travel tiers (see section 8(3)(d) and definitions). That means total entitlements for an office are spread across several instruments and a user/agency must consult them together.\n\n**Practical risks, opportunity costs and likely administrative effects**\n\n- Concentrated benefits: several named incumbents receive explicit personal loadings or fixed totals (see Table 2B items cited in section 11 and Table 3B). 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