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city's principal airport; and

            b. references to 'Darwin' and 'Hobart' are references to locations within a five kilometre radius of the General Post Office of the city or within a five kilometre radius of the city's principal airport.

      Note: The PBR Regulations, which apply through clause 5.6, define 'Canberra' to mean locations within a 30 kilometre radius of Parliament House.

  PART 6 – PRIVATE VEHICLE ALLOWANCE

      6.1 For subsection 31(2) of the PBR Act, the rate of the allowances prescribed in sections 12, 27 and 28 of the PBR Regulations is 88 cents per kilometre.

      Note: Section 12 of the PBR Regulations prescribes a private vehicle allowance for travel between a member's home base and Canberra. Section 27 prescribes a private vehicle allowance for family member travel to or from Canberra. Section 28 prescribes a private vehicle allowance for the spouse of a senior office holder to travel to or from Canberra.

  PART 7 – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

  Private plated vehicles

      7.1 Despite the repeal of Remuneration Tribunal (Members of Parliament) Determination (No.2) 2023 by this Determination, a thing that was taken to have been done under or for the purposes of a provision of that Determination by Part 7 of that Determination, and that was still in effect immediately before the commencement of this Determination, is taken to have been done under or for the purposes of the same provision of this Determination.

  SCHEDULE A – OFFICE HOLDER'S SALARY
                                                                                                                                                                      OFFICE HOLDER'S SALARY,
              OFFICE HOLDER                                                                                                                                            being the specified percentage of the base salary
                                                                                                                                                                       (Column 2)
              (Column 1)
Leader of the Opposition                                                                                                                                                   85%
President of the Senate                                                                                                                                                    75%
Speaker of the House of Representatives                                                                                                                                    75%
Deputy Leader of the Opposition                                                                                                                                            57.5%
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate                                                                                                                                     57.5%
Leader of a minority party with more than 10 members in the Parliament                                                                                                     45%
Leader of a minority party with up to 10 members in the Parliament                                                                                                         42.5%
Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives                                                                                                             27.5%
Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives                                                                                                                      26%
Shadow Minister (see clause 2.4.2)                                                                                                                                         25%
Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate                                                                                                                               25%
Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives                                                                                                                      23%
Shadow Minister (see clause 2.4.3)                                                                                                                                         20%
Deputy President and Chair of Committees in the Senate                                                                                                                     20%
Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives                                                                                                                             20%
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate                                                                                                                              20%
Chief Government Whip in the Senate                                                                                                                                        20%
Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate                                                                                                                                        18%
Second Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives                                                                                                                      13%
Whip in the House of Representatives of a Government party with more than 10 Members in the House                                                                          13%
Whip in the House of Representatives of an Opposition party with more than 10 Members in the House