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Parliamentary Business Resources (former Prime Ministers) Determination 2017
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(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 no higher than top of the Public Service SES Band 1 range</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 12 months commencing from 8</span><span> </span><span>March</span><span> </span><span>1996</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 non</span><span>‑</span><span>ongoing employee at a Secretary position</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 12 months commencing from 8</span><span> </span><span>March</span><span> </span><span>1996</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 Private Secretary Grade 3 level (now “Senior Adviser”)</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" 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 Ministerial Staff Allowance (now “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>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>One position not above Private Secretary Grade 1 level (now “Assistant Adviser”)</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>Option of either:</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>appointing the COMCAR driver to their staff, where they retain use of a chauffeur driven COMCAR; 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>employing a driver on their personal staff where they elect to have a private</span><span>‑</span><span>plated vehicle</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>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>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>In capital city of home State, 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 (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, for former Prime Minister and accompanying spouse</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>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>Access to car transport so that your children may be driven without being accompanied by the former Prime Minister or Mrs Keating when they are travelling for purposes related to school activities</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>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>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>An office (furnished, equipped and with unlimited postage for official purposes) to accommodate the former Prime Minister and 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>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>A fully official telephone at each residence, a cellular mobile telephone, and one Telecom Telecard for calls at official expenses 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>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>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>13</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>Assistance with storage of effects for six months</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>From 8</span><span> </span><span>March 1996</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>14</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>Close protection by the Australian Federal Police and guarding of your residence for a period of six months, with a review of these arrangements at the end of the period</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>From 8</span><span> </span><span>March 1996</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>15</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 security assessment of the former Prime Minister’s principal residence and the office accommodation provided at Commonwealth expense and provision of security enhancements</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>16</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>