Form 4
Aug 2016
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TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE ENTITLEMENT
DETERMINATION 2016/08 SUMMARY OF TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE CLAUSES
Reason
Clauses
Minister/
Member/
Parl Sec
Senator
Office Holder
Prime Minister
2.2
Parliamentary sittings
3.8(a)
3.11(a)
Official business as a Minister or Office Holder
3.8(b)
Parliamentary committee meetings or business
3.8(c)
3.11(b)
Meetings in Canberra of parliamentary party, its executive or committees
3.8(d)
3.11(d)
Parliamentary party executive meetings outside Canberra
3.8(e)
3.11(e)
Meetings other than in Canberra of parliamentary party, its executive or committees or attendance at the National and State
conferences of a political party of which you are a member and direct travel to or from such meetings and meetings outside
3.8(f)*
3.11(f)*
electorate on electorate business
Official government, parliamentary or vice-regal functions
3.11(g)
Minister acting as Prime Minister
3.9
Representing a Minister or Presiding Officer
3.11(c)
Meetings of non-statutory body as representative of Parliament
3.11(h)
Meetings of government advisory committees or taskforces
3.11(i)
Required break in journey between Western Australia or Northern Territory and Canberra on parliamentary business where the
3.10
3.12
break in journey was caused by there being no same-day connecting flight reasonably available
2
Overnight stay in electorate by a Member whose electorate is 10,000km
or more in area, or a Senator, in a place other than
3.14*
home base
2
Overnight transit stops by a Member whose electorate is 300,000km
or more, where direct travel is not available within
3.14.1*
electorate
2
Electorate business for Members whose electorate is less than 10,000km
in area, where the electorate includes islands or
3.14.2*
separate regional areas located outside boundaries
Member for Bowman visiting North Stradbroke Island on electorate business
3.14.3*
Senator or Member from the ACT attending parliamentary sittings
3.15(a)
Senator or Member from ACT attending meeting of parliamentary party, its executive or committees in Canberra
3.15(b)
Senator or Member from ACT attending parliamentary committee in Canberra
3.15(c)
Senator or Member from the ACT undertaking official business as a Minister or Office Holder in Canberra
3.15(d)
Senator for Northern Territory or Member for Lingiari visiting Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Christmas Island on electorate business
3.16(a)*
Senator for ACT or Member for Canberra visiting Norfolk Island on electorate business
3.16(b)*
Senator for Northern Territory or Member for Lingiari breaking journey to Cocos (Keeling) Islands or Christmas Island on
3.17
electorate business
Senator or Member visiting an external territory (other than Antarctica) on parliamentary business
3.18
Senator or Member visiting an external territory on parliamentary committee business as submitted to the Special Minister of
3.19
State
Leader of a recognised party of at least five members travelling as Leader
3.20*
Deputy Leader of a recognised party of at least five members travelling as Deputy Leader
3.21*
Chief/Primary Whips (Senate and House of Representatives) travelling to Canberra in connection with office
3.22
Chief Government and Opposition Whips (House of Representatives) travelling outside home base or Canberra in connection
3.22.1*
with office
Chief Government and Opposition Whips (Senate) travelling outside home base or Canberra in connection with office
3.23.2*
Whips travelling to Canberra in connection with office at the request or to replace the Chief Whip
3.23
Chairs of parliamentary committees when travelling on committee business
3.24
Shadow Ministers travelling in connection with office of shadow minister
3.25*
* Numerically limited entitlement
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