Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2015/21 - Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-Time Public Office
PART 3ALLOWANCES
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3.1 Accommodation Allowance: The Office Holders listed in Column 1 of Table 3A will be eligible to receive an accommodation allowance (subject to expenditure) as shown in Column 3 of Table 3A whilst they occupy the office shown in Column 2. This amount is to assist the Office Holder in meeting settling-in and commercial rental accommodation costs (including one-off utility connection costs) in the office location:
(a) while they also continue to have a property other than in the office location, as their principal place of residence; and
(b) it will not be paid for such periods that they live in premises owned by them at the office location.
An Office Holder will not be eligible to access travel allowance entitlements in the home locality or the office locality whilst they remain eligible to receive the accommodation allowance. However, where in terms of the ongoing arrangement it would clearly be more cost effective for the agency to provide travel allowance entitlements in the office locality, the agency should decide at the earliest practical opportunity to pay travel allowance rather than the accommodation allowance.
Where the commercial accommodation does not include cooking facilities, the cost of meals may form part of the payment, within the accommodation cap set for an Office Holder.
TABLE 3A – ACCOMMODATION ALLOWANCES
Column 1Office Holder
Column 2Office
Column 3Allowance (pa)
Mr Bruce Gosper
Chief Executive Officer, Austrade
$40,000
Mr Paul Jevtovic
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre
$40,000
Mr Nick Ryan
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Aged Care Quality Agency
$40,000
Ms Kate Jenkins
Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights CommissionEffective 18 April 2016, refer Det 2016/09
$40,000
Mr Michael Griffin
Integrity Commissioner, Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
$34,500
Mr Ben McDevitt
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority
$34,500
Dr Charlie Day
Chief Executive Officer, Innovation and Science Australia
$34,500
Dr Alan Finkel
Chief Scientist
$34,500
The Hon. Margaret Stone
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
$34,500
Ms C Munro
Chair/Chief Executive Officer,Clean Energy Regulator
3.1.1 Classification Board: Subject to individual qualification for this allowance, to be decided by the employer in accordance with agency guidelines, Members who have, or had, to relocate to Sydney to take up their appointment will be paid an accommodation allowance of $13,500 per annum. The allowance does not represent salary for superannuation.
3.1.2 Defence Chiefs: The employer may approve housing assistance in accordance with agency policy and practices for the Vice-Chief of the Defence Force, the Chief of Navy, the Chief of Air Force, the Chief of Army and the Director of Military Prosecutions.
3.1.3 Official residence: Where residing in an official residence is a requirement of an office, total remuneration does not include the value of accommodation in the official residence, or the running costs of the premises.
3.1.4 Non-commercial accommodation: Where an Office Holder listed in Column 1 of Table 3A elects to be accommodated in private, non-commercial accommodation, such as the home of a family member or friend, a rate of one third of the accommodation allowance in Column 3 of Table 3A is payable in lieu of the amount specified in Column 3.
3.2 Reunion Travel: The Office Holders shown in Column 1 of Table 3B may receive travel costs of up to the amount shown in Column 3 from their Employer for travel back to their principal place of residence for the purposes of family reunion while they continue to occupy the office shown in Column 2. Where the Agency decides, as provided in Clause 3.1 of this Determination, to pay an office holder travel allowance instead of accommodation allowance, any reunion travel allowance in Table 3B for that Office Holder will cease to apply at the same time.
3.2.1 Who can use reunion travel? The allowance provided in Clause 3.2 and specified in Table 3B is intended to facilitate personal travel by the office holders identified in that Table. However, where the office holder certifies that the workload and responsibilities of the office prevents him or her from travelling to the principal place of residence for reunion purposes, reunion travel by the office holder’s partner and/or a child or children of the office holder or his or her partner, whose normal place of residence is the office holder’s principal place of residence, can be funded within the financial limits of the allowance. Travel by a person other than the office holder must be at economy class, and only for direct travel between the office holder’s principal place of residence and office location.
TABLE 3B – REUNION TRAVEL
Column 1Office Holder
Column 2Office
Column 3Allowance (pa)
Mr Ben McDevitt
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority