Determination 2007/16:
Official Travel by Office Holders
 
(i)        Pursuant to subsections 5(2A), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, the Remuneration Tribunal has inquired into the remuneration and allowances to be paid to various public office holders and offices in the Principal Executive Office (PEO) structure, and other matters significantly related thereto, and determines as set out below.
 
(ii)        This determination takes effect on and from 3 September 2007.
 
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 inserting Schedule A contained in Attachment A to this Determination.
 
1.3       The Principal Determination is amended by deleting Table 4A – Motor Vehicle Allowance, and inserting Table 4A contained in Attachment B to this determination.
 
 
Attachment A to Determination 2007/16
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 3 September 2007 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
$335
$274
$243

Brisbane
$356
$298
$254

Canberra
$335
$264
$212

Darwin
$335
$276
$239

Hobart
$335
$247
$202

Melbourne
$405
$288
$248

Perth
$353
$296
$234

Sydney
$405
$319
$281

COUNTRY CENTRES

Non- Specified Country Centres (ie not specified below)
$320
$201
$171

 

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Alice Springs
$320
$217
$196

Jabiru
$330
$309
$288

Yulara
$453
$432
$411

QUEENSLAND

Cairns
$320
$213
$181

Dalby
$320
$213
$181

Emerald
$320
$216
$194

Gladstone
$320
$213
$181

Gold Coast
$320
$237
$216

Horn Island
$320
$238
$217

Innisfail
$320
$213
$181

Mackay
$320
$219
$198

Mount Isa
$320
$229
$208

Roma
$320
$213
$181

Thursday Island
$320
$284
$263

Weipa
$320
$244
$223

NEW SOUTH WALES

Bathurst
$320
$213
$181

Broken Hill
$320
$213
$181

Dubbo
$320
$213
$181

Maitland
$320
$218
$196

Newcastle
$320
$224
$203

Orange
$320
$213
$181

Port Macquarie
$320
$222
$201

Wagga Wagga
$320
$220
$198

Wollongong
$320
$218
$196

VICTORIA

Bairnsdale
$320
$213
$181

Ballarat
$320
$221
$200

Bendigo
$320
$227
$205

Bright
$320
$213
$181

Castlemaine
$320
$213
$181

Echuca
$320
$213
$181

Horsham
$320
$213
$181

Portland
$320
$220
$199

Seymour
$320
$213
$181

Warrnambool
$320
$219
$197

Wonthaggi
$320
$230
$209

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Bordertown
$320
$213
$181

Ceduna
$320
$213
$181

Kadina
$320
$216
$195

Mount Gambier
$320
$216
$195

Naracoorte
$320
$215
$194

Port Augusta
$320
$213
$181

Port Lincoln
$320
$215
$194

Renmark
$320
$213
$181

Whyalla
$320
$216
$195

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Albany
$320
$213
$181

Broome
$320
$272
$251

Bunbury
$320
$216
$195

Carnarvon
$320
$229
$207

Dampier
$320
$269
$248

Derby
$320
$258
$237

Esperance
$320
$213
$181

Exmouth
$320
$247
$225

Geraldton
$320
$216
$195

Halls Creek
$320
$244
$223

Kalgoorlie
$320
$222
$200

Karratha
$329
$308
$287

Kununurra
$320
$266
$245

Newman
$320
$255
$234

Port Hedland
$320
$299
$277

TASMANIA

Burnie
$320
$233
$211

Devonport
$320
$226
$204

Launceston
$320
$220
$199

 

EXTERNAL TERRITORIES

Christmas Island
$320
$239
$218

Cocos (Keeling) Island
$320
$219
$198

Norfolk Island
$320
$217
$196

 
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 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8 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
$25
$22
$21
$25
$21
$19

Lunch
$36
$32
$23
$36
$21
$21

Dinner
$57
$44
$39
$57
$41
$36

Incidentals
$23
$23
$16
$23
$23
$16

Total
$141
$121
$99
$141
$106
$92

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

Albany (WA)
Echuca (Vic)

Bairnsdale (Vic)
Esperance (WA)

Bathurst (NSW)
Innisfail (Qld)

Bordertown (SA)
Gladstone (Qld)

Bright (VIC)
Horsham(Vic)

Broken Hill (NSW)
Orange (NSW)

Cairns (Qld)
Port Augusta (SA)

Castlemaine (Vic)
Renmark (SA)

Ceduna (SA)
Roma (Qld)

Dalby (Qld)
Seymour (Vic)

Dubbo (NSW)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attachment B to Determination 2007/16
 
Table 4A – Motor Vehicle Allowance
 
With effect on and from 3 September 2007
 
Engine Capacity
(non-rotary)
Engine Capacity
(rotary)
Rate
Cents per kilometre

Above 2,600 cc
Above 1,300 cc
70

1,601 to 2,600 cc
801 to 1,300 cc
69

1,600 cc or less
800 cc or less
58