Determination 2011/15: 
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 28 August 2011 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.
 
1.3         The Principal Determination is amended by deleting clause 1.5.8 and renumbering the subsequent clause in the new sequential order (i.e. clause 1.5.9 will become clause 1.5.8).
 
 
Signed this 5th day of August 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Signed
 
 
 
 
Signed
 
 
 
 
Signed

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

Attachment A to Determination 2011/15
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 28 August 2011 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
$368
$323
$271

Brisbane
$395
$371
$315

Canberra
$389
$346
$279

Darwin
$437
$367
$303

Hobart
$354
$305
$239

Melbourne
$424
$354
$287

Perth
$434
$364
$290

Sydney
$424
$363
$297

COUNTRY CENTRES

Non- Specified Country Centres (ie not specified below)
$349
$240
$205

NEW SOUTH WALES

Armidale
$349
$264
$225

Bathurst
$349
$264
$225

Broken Hill
$349
$264
$225

Coffs Harbour
$349
$264
$225

Cooma
$349
$264
$225

Dubbo
$349
$264
$225

Gosford
$349
$264
$225

Goulburn
$349
$264
$225

Maitland
$349
$270
$245

Mudgee
$349
$264
$225

Muswellbrook
$349
$264
$225

Newcastle
$349
$281
$256

Orange
$349
$264
$225

Port Macquarie
$349
$264
$225

Queanbeyan
$349
$264
$225

Tamworth
$349
$264
$225

Tumut
$349
$264
$225

Wagga Wagga
$349
$264
$225

Wollongong
$349
$266
$242

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Alice Springs
$349
$264
$225

Jabiru
$357
$336
$312

Katherine
$349
$259
$234

Tennant Creek
$349
$264
$225

Yulara
$499
$478
$454

QUEENSLAND

Bundaberg
$349
$264
$225

Cairns
$349
$265
$241

Dalby
$349
$272
$247

Emerald
$349
$264
$225

Gladstone
$349
$277
$252

Gold Coast
$349
$308
$284

Hervey Bay
$349
$264
$225

Horn Island
$349
$307
$283

Innisfail
$349
$264
$225

Kingaroy
$349
$264
$225

Mackay
$349
$291
$267

Mount Isa
$349
$297
$272

Rockhampton
$349
$264
$225

Roma
$349
$264
$225

Thursday Island
$349
$318
$294

Toowoomba
$349
$264
$225

Townsville
$349
$273
$248

Weipa
$349
$276
$252

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Bordertown
$349
$264
$225

Ceduna
$349
$264
$225

Kadina
$349
$264
$225

Mount Gambier
$349
$264
$225

Naracoorte
$349
$264
$225

Port Augusta
$349
$264
$225

Port Lincoln
$349
$264
$225

Port Pirie
$349
$273
$249

Renmark
$349
$264
$225

Whyalla
$349
$264
$225

Wilpena Pound
$349
$282
$258

TASMANIA

Burnie
$349
$263
$239

Devonport
$349
$267
$242

Launceston
$349
$265
$240

VICTORIA

Ararat
$349
$264
$225

Bairnsdale
$349
$264
$225

Ballarat
$349
$265
$241

Bendigo
$349
$260
$236

Bright
$349
$264
$225

Castlemaine
$349
$264
$225

Echuca
$349
$261
$236

Geelong
$349
$269
$245

Hamilton
$349
$264
$225

Horsham
$349
$264
$225

Mildura
$349
$264
$225

Portland
$349
$264
$225

Seymour
$349
$264
$225

Swan Hill
$349
$264
$225

Warrnambool
$349
$264
$225

Wonthaggi
$349
$260
$236

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Albany
$349
$264
$225

Broome
$381
$361
$336

Bunbury
$349
$267
$243

Carnarvon
$349
$289
$265

Dampier
$349
$313
$288

Derby
$349
$320
$295

Esperance
$349
$264
$225

Exmouth
$353
$332
$308

Geraldton
$349
$284
$260

Halls Creek
$354
$333
$309

Kalgoorlie
$349
$308
$283

Karratha
$444
$423
$399

Kununurra
$349
$320
$296

Newman
$354
$333
$309

Port Hedland
$429
$408
$384

EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

Christmas Island
$349
$288
$264

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
$349
$264
$225

Norfolk Island
$349
$328
$303

 
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)
 
Non-specified Country Centres (including centres listed in Table A2.B)

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

Breakfast
$31
$26
$24
$31
$24
$22

Lunch
$43
$37
$27
$43
$25
$25

Dinner
$61
$51
$46
$61
$48
$42

Incidentals
$25
$25
$18
$25
$25
$18

Total
$160
$139
$115
$160
$122
$107

 
Table A2.B – Group 2 Country Centres (refer Table A1)
 
Country Centre
Country Centre

Albany (WA)
Kingaroy (Qld)

Alice Springs (NT)
Mildura (Vic)

Ararat (Vic)
Mount Gambier (SA)

Armidale (NSW)
Mudgee (NSW)

Bairnsdale (Vic)
Muswellbrook (NSW)

Bathurst (NSW)
Naracoorte (SA)

Bordertown (SA)
Orange (NSW)

Bright (Vic)
Port Augusta (SA)

Broken Hill (NSW)
Portland (Vic)

Bundaberg (Qld)
Port Lincoln (SA)

Castlemaine (Vic)
Port Macquarie (NSW)

Ceduna (SA)
Queanbeyan (NSW)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Renmark (SA)

Coffs Harbour (NSW)
Rockhampton (Qld)

Cooma (NSW)
Roma (Qld)

Dubbo (NSW)
Seymour (Vic)

Emerald (Qld)
Swan Hill (Vic)

Esperance (WA)
Tamworth (NSW)

Gosford (NSW)
Tennant Creek (NT)

Goulburn (NSW)
Toowoomba (Qld)

Hamilton (Vic)
Tumut (NSW)

Hervey Bay (Qld)
Wagga Wagga (NSW)

Horsham (Vic)
Warrnambool (Vic)

Innisfail (Qld)
Whyalla (SA)

Kadina (SA)