SCHEDULE A - TABLE 1 — RATES OF ADDITIONSCHEDULE A - TABLE 1 — RATES OF ADDITIONAL SALARY

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SCHEDULE A - TABLE 1 – RATES OF ADDITIONAL SALARY

Various Offices

OFFICE(Column 1)	As a percentage of the base salary, per annum(Column 2)
Leader of the Opposition	85.0%
President of the Senate	75.0%
Speaker of the House of Representatives	75.0%
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	57.5%
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate	57.5%
Leader of a recognised party of more than 10 members of Parliament, other than a party whose Leader is the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition	45.0%
Leader of a recognised party of at least 5, and no more than 10, members of Parliament	42.5%
Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives	27.5%
Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives	26.0%
Shadow Minister (see clause 3.4)	25.0%
Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives	23.0%
Shadow Minister (see clause 3.4)	20.0%
Deputy President and Chair of Committees in the Senate	20.0%
Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives	20.0%
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate	20.0%
Chief Government Whip in the Senate	20.0%
Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate	18.0%
Second Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives	13.0%
Whip in the House of Representatives of a Government party with more than 10 Members in the House	13.0%
Whip in the House of Representatives of an Opposition party with more than 10 Members in the House	12.0%
Head of a recognised party, not being a party whose Leader is the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition, with at least five members in each house, sitting in the house other than that in which the Leader of the party sits