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A – OFFICE HOLDER'S SALARY.............................................10
SCHEDULE B – TRAVEL ALLOWANCE RATES............................................13
Endnotes.........................................................................17
Endnote 1—About the endnote.......................................................17
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key........................................................18
Endnote 3—Legislation history.......................................................19
Endnote 4—Amendment history......................................................20

PART 1 – LEGAL MATTERS AND EXPLANATION OF TERMS

      1.1 Authority: This Determination is made under sections 45, 46 and 46A of the PBR Act.

      1.3 Definitions: The following definitions apply in this Determination:

            a. 'home base' has the same meaning as in the PBR Regulations;

            b. 'luxury car' means a car the value of which exceeds the luxury car tax threshold (for non‑fuel‑efficient cars) mentioned in subsection 25‑1(3A) of the A New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax) Act 1999;

            c. 'PBR Act' means the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017;

            d. 'PBR Regulations' means the Parliamentary Business Resources Regulations 2017.

      Note: Some other terms are defined in the PBR Act, including the following:

            'former member' means a person who was, but is no longer, a member;

            'member' means:
               (a) a senator; or
               (b) a member of the House of Representatives; or
               (c) a Minister of State who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
               (d) a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or
               (e) a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives.

  PART 2 – REMUNERATION OF MEMBERS: SALARIES AND ELECTORATE ALLOWANCE

  Base salary
      2.1 For subsection 14(2) of the PBR Act, the annual allowance payable to a senator or member of the House of Representatives for the purposes of section 48 of the Constitution (known as 'base salary') is $233,660.
      2.2 For paragraph 45(3)(a) of the PBR Act, the portion of base salary that is not parliamentary allowance for the purposes of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948 is $48,790.

  Office holder's salary

  Determination of office holder's salary

      2.3 For paragraph 14(3)(b) of the PBR Act, the amounts in Column 2 of the Table in Schedule A ('office holder's salary') are determined for the corresponding office holders in Column 1 of that Table.

      Note: The amounts in Schedule A are expressed as specified percentages of the base salary. For example, the office holder's salary for the Speaker of the House of Representatives is $175,250 per annum, being 75% of the base salary of $233,660, rounded up to the nearest $10.

      2.4 For Shadow Ministers, the following rules apply:

            2.4.1 An amount is determined for paragraph 14(3)(b) of the PBR Act for a Shadow Minister only if:
                a. the