PART 9 - SEVERANCE BENEFITS

POST RETIREMENT TRAVEL

9.1 Subject to clause 9.5, a former senator or member, not qualifying for a Life Gold Pass, shall be entitled to travel at government expense for a maximum of five return trips within the first six months after his or her retirement from the Parliament.

9.2 Travel in accordance with clause 9.1 shall be between the former senator’s or member’s home base and either Canberra or a location or locations where the senator or member had a publicly funded electorate office.

9.3 Travel in accordance with clause 9.1 shall be at the class of travel determined from time to time for a sitting senator or member.

9.4 Travel in accordance with clause 9.1 shall not be utilised by any person other than the former senator or member.

9.5 A former senator or member who retired from the Parliament on or before the date of effect of this Determination shall remain entitled to travel in accordance with clauses 8.1 to 8.5 of Determination 2006/18, as in effect immediately prior to its revocation.

RESETTLEMENT ALLOWANCE

9.6 Eligibility: A senator or member will be paid a Resettlement Allowance if the senator or member:
(a) retires involuntarily from the Parliament, meaning retirement through:
(i) electing not to stand for re-election following loss of party endorsement, for reasons other than misconduct; or
(ii) defeat at an election (including defeat at an election where he or she has campaigned to be elected to represent a different electoral division or to the other House of the Parliament);
(b) and was:
(i) first elected before 9 October 2004, and whose retiring allowance under the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is not payable immediately on retirement because of the deferral provisions of that Act; or
(ii) first elected on or after 9 October 2004, and declares in writing to the Clerk of the relevant House of Parliament that it is his or her intention to seek employment on leaving Parliament.

9.7 Basic Payment: A senator or member who fulfils the eligibility criteria in clause 9.6 will, on retirement, be paid three months of the base salary at the rate current on the date that the Parliament is prorogued prior to the election.
9.8 Additional Payment: A senator or member who receives a payment under clause 9.7 will, on retirement, also be paid an additional three months of the base salary, at the same rate as the payment under clause 9.7, if he or she is:
(a) a senator for a state, and has served more than three full years in the Parliament, or
(b) a member, or a senator for a territory, and has served more than one full term in the Parliament.
For the purposes of this clause the period of service referred to is the period of continuous service that ceases when the senator or member retires involuntarily.