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Parliamentary Business Resources (former Prime Ministers) Determination 2017
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Schedule—The Hon John Winston Howard OM AC
(Act s 16(1))
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:454.1pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-weight:bold">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-weight:bold">Resources</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span style="font-weight:bold">Condition</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>One non</span><span>‑</span><span>ongoing employee at the Assistant Adviser level</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>For a period of up to 12 months commencing from 4</span><span> </span><span>December</span><span> </span><span>2007</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>One position not above Adviser Level 2</span></p></td><td rowspan="3" style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>These positions do not carry an entitlement to Parliamentary Staff Allowance or overtime.</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>One position not above Assistant Adviser level</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>If applicable, one position not above Executive Assistant Level 2 (Driver)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Parliamentary Retirement Travel Entitlement holder</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>A choice between:</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>a)</span><span style="width:9.45pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>an allocated car and driver in capital city of home State (with the additional option of appointing the driver to their personal staff), for former Prime Minister and accompanying spouse; elsewhere in Australia, access to pool transport, for former Prime Minister and accompanying spouse; or</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>b)</span><span style="width:8.84pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>private</span><span>‑</span><span>plated vehicle (with the option of engaging a driver on their personal staff), plus access to pool transport, elsewhere in Australia</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>For former Prime Minister and accompanying spouse, access to cars at overseas posts which maintain a car fleet, but for specific journeys only</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>This entitlement does not extend to the use of commercial hire car vehicles</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>An office (furnished, equipped and with unlimited postage for official purposes) to accommodate the former Prime Minister and his staff, within the city in which he has his residence</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>A fully official telephone and facsimile at each residence and a mobile telephone for calls at official expense within Australia</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>A mobile phone or a smartphone or a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card for use in a personally</span><span>‑</span><span>owned device</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Staff travel at economy class within Australia for official purposes at the direction of the former Prime Minister, up to an annual value of $15,000.</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The amount to be reviewed annually</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Appropriate security arrangements for principal residence and/or office</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:238.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>A former Prime Minister and an accompanying spouse or de facto partner has access to international travel expenses necessary for the travel when undertaking international travel approved by the Prime Minister.</span></p><p><span></span></p><p><span>If the Prime Minister approves international travel for the former Prime Minister, the Prime Minister is taken to have approved travel by one staff member accompanying the former Prime Minister.</span></p></td><td style="width:143.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>a)</span><span style="width:9.45pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>As approved by the Prime Minister in writing from time to time</span></p><p class="ListParagraph" style="margin-left:18pt; text-indent:-18pt"><span>b)</span><span style="width:8.84pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>A spouse or de facto partner must have the express approval of the Prime Minister to accompany the former Prime Minister</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>