Determination 2012/18:  Official Travel by Office Holders
        
 
(i)        Pursuant to subsections 5(2A), 7(3), 7(3D), and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, the Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into the remuneration and allowances to be paid to holders of public office, and other matters significantly related thereto, and determines as set out below.
 
(ii)        This Determination takes effect on and from 26 August 2012 unless otherwise specified.
 
PART 1 – TRAVEL ALLOWANCE – OFFICE HOLDERS
 
1.1       In this part, Determination Number 3 of 2004 (as amended) is referred to as the Principal Determination.
 
1.2         The Principal Determination is amended by deleting Schedule A – Remuneration Tribunal Travelling Allowance Rates, and replacing it with the Schedule A contained in Attachment A to this Determination.
 
 
Signed this 20th day of August 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signed
 
 
 
 
Signed
 
 
 
 
Signed

John C Conde AO
PRESIDENT
John B Prescott AC
MEMBER
Jillian Segal AM
MEMBER

Attachment A to Determination 2012/18
SCHEDULE A
REMUNERATION TRIBUNAL TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE RATES
A1.  Travelling Allowance Rates:  The Travelling Allowance rates set out in Table A1.A will apply on and from 26 August 2012 in accordance with the provisions of Part 3 (Travel Expenses) of Determination 2004/03.
Table A1.A – Rates of Travelling Allowance (Accommodation, meals and incidentals) per overnight absence.
 
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4

 
TIER 1
TIER 2
TIER 3

CAPITAL CITIES

Adelaide
$373
$329
$274

Brisbane
$400
$376
$318

Canberra
$396
$363
$282

Darwin
$448
$407
$306

Hobart
$359
$319
$249

Melbourne
$429
$371
$290

Perth
$473
$382
$350

Sydney
$429
$372
$300

COUNTRY CENTRES

Non- Specified Country Centres (ie not specified below)
$354
$251
$214

NEW SOUTH WALES

Armidale
$354
$276
$235

Bathurst
$354
$276
$235

Bourke
$354
$308
$282

Broken Hill
$354
$276
$235

Coffs Harbour
$354
$276
$235

Cooma
$354
$276
$235

Dubbo
$354
$276
$235

Gosford
$354
$276
$235

Goulburn
$354
$276
$235

Maitland
$354
$276
$235

Mudgee
$354
$276
$235

Muswellbrook
$354
$276
$235

Newcastle
$354
$286
$260

Orange
$354
$276
$235

Port Macquarie
$354
$276
$235

Queanbeyan
$354
$276
$235

Tamworth
$354
$276
$235

Tumut
$354
$276
$235

Wagga Wagga
$354
$277
$251

Wollongong
$354
$279
$253

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Alice Springs
$354
$293
$267

Jabiru
$356
$335
$309

Katherine
$354
$277
$251

Tennant Creek
$354
$276
$235

Yulara
$408
$387
$361

QUEENSLAND

Bundaberg
$354
$276
$235

Cairns
$354
$283
$257

Chinchilla
$354
$276
$250

Dalby
$354
$276
$235

Emerald
$354
$284
$258

Gladstone
$354
$330
$304

Gold Coast
$354
$292
$266

Hervey Bay
$354
$276
$235

Horn Island
$354
$312
$286

Innisfail
$354
$276
$235

Kingaroy
$354
$276
$235

Mackay
$354
$284
$258

Mount Isa
$354
$303
$277

Rockhampton
$354
$276
$235

Roma
$354
$276
$235

Thursday Island
$354
$323
$297

Toowoomba
$354
$276
$235

Townsville
$354
$276
$235

Weipa
$354
$281
$255

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Bordertown
$354
$276
$235

Ceduna
$354
$276
$235

Kadina
$354
$276
$235

Mount Gambier
$354
$276
$235

Naracoorte
$354
$276
$235

Port Augusta
$354
$276
$235

Port Lincoln
$354
$276
$235

Port Pirie
$354
$283
$257

Renmark
$354
$276
$235

Whyalla
$354
$288
$262

Wilpena Pound
$354
$310
$284

TASMANIA

Burnie
$354
$278
$252

Devonport
$354
$276
$235

Launceston
$354
$276
$235

VICTORIA

Ararat
$354
$276
$235

Bairnsdale
$354
$276
$235

Ballarat
$354
$276
$235

Bendigo
$354
$276
$235

Bright
$354
$279
$253

Castlemaine
$354
$276
$250

Echuca
$354
$266
$240

Geelong
$354
$279
$253

Hamilton
$354
$276
$235

Horsham
$354
$276
$235

Mildura
$354
$276
$235

Portland
$354
$276
$235

Seymour
$354
$276
$235

Swan Hill
$354
$276
$235

Warrnambool
$354
$276
$235

Wonthaggi
$354
$276
$235

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Albany
$354
$276
$235

Broome
$374
$353
$327

Bunbury
$354
$298
$272

Carnarvon
$354
$294
$268

Dampier
$354
$318
$292

Derby
$354
$325
$299

Esperance
$354
$276
$235

Exmouth
$419
$398
$372

Geraldton
$354
$278
$252

Halls Creek
$354
$308
$282

Kalgoorlie
$354
$302
$276

Karratha
$511
$490
$464

Kununurra
$366
$345
$319

Newman
$359
$338
$312

Port Hedland
$423
$402
$376

EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

Christmas Island
$354
$293
$267

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
$354
$276
$235

Norfolk Island
$354
$333
$307

 
A2.  Meal and Incidental Components:  The rates set out in Table A2.A provide the relevant meal and incidental components of the Travelling Allowance rates set out in Table A1.A.  These rates are specified for the purposes of clauses 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 of Determination 2004/03.
 
Table A2.A – Meals and Incidentals Components
 
 
High Cost Centres (including capital cities and specified country centres listed in Table A1.A and not in Table A2.B)
Non-specified Country Centres (including Group 2 country centres listed in Table A2.B)

 
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3

Breakfast
$32
$27
$25
$32
$25
$22

Lunch
$45
$38
$28
$45
$25
$25

Dinner
$62
$53
$47
$62
$49
$43

Incidentals
$26
$26
$18
$26
$26
$18

Total
$165
$144
$118
$165
$125
$108

 
Table A2.B – Group 2 Country Centres
 
Country Centre
Country Centre

Albany (WA)
Launceston (Tas)

Ararat (Vic)
Maitland (NSW)

Armidale (NSW)
Mildura (Vic)

Bairnsdale (Vic)
Mount Gambier (SA)

Ballarat (NSW)
Mudgee (NSW)

Bathurst (NSW)
Muswellbrook (NSW)

Bendigo (Vic)
Naracoorte (SA)

Bordertown (SA)
Orange (NSW)

Broken Hill (NSW)
Port Augusta (SA)

Bundaberg (Qld)
Portland (Vic)

Ceduna (SA)
Port Lincoln (SA)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Port Macquarie (NSW)

Coffs Harbour (NSW)
Queanbeyan (NSW)

Cooma (NSW)
Renmark (SA)

Dalby (Qld)
Rockhampton (Qld)

Devonport (Tas)
Roma (Qld)

Dubbo (NSW)
Seymour (Vic)

Esperance (WA)
Swan Hill (Vic)

Gosford (NSW)
Tamworth (NSW)

Goulburn (NSW)
Tennant Creek (NT)

Hamilton (Vic)
Toowoomba (Qld)

Hervey Bay (Qld)
Townsville (Qld)

Horsham (Vic)
Tumut (NSW)

Innisfail (Qld)
Warrnambool (Vic)

Kadina (SA)
Wonthaggi (Vic)

Kingaroy (Qld)