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Parliamentary Service Determination 2024
We, Senator the Hon Sue Lines, President of the Senate, and the Hon Milton Dick MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives, make the following determination.

Dated 27th of September   2024

Senator the Hon Sue Lines   The Hon Milton Dick MP
President of the Senate   Speaker of the House of Representatives

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
5 Definitions
6 Meaning of comparable classification or lower
7 Meaning of higher classification
8 Meaning of similar vacancy
Part 2—Parliamentary Service Values
Division 1—Preliminary
9 Purpose of this Part
Division 2—Parliamentary Service Values
10 Parliamentary Service Value 1—Committed to service
11 Parliamentary Service Value 2—Ethical
12 Parliamentary Service Value 3—Respectful
13 Parliamentary Service Value 4—Accountable
14 Parliamentary Service Value 5—Impartial
Division 3—Integrity of the Parliamentary Service
15 Mandatory integrity training for Parliamentary Service employees
16 Consulting Parliamentary Service Commissioner before entering into agreement settling dispute about sexual harassment including non‑disclosure or confidentiality provision
17 Notifying the Parliamentary Service Commissioner of agreements that are for settling disputes about employment matters and include non‑disclosure or confidentiality provisions
Part 3—Parliamentary Service employment
Division 1—Engagement of non‑ongoing employees
18 Engagement of SES employees for a specified term
19 Engagement of non‑ongoing non‑SES employees
Division 2—Merit in engagement and promotion
Subdivision A—Preliminary
20 Purpose of this Division
21 How a Secretary upholds the principle of merit‑based decision‑making
Subdivision B—Merit‑based selection processes
22 Merit‑based selection process for engagement or promotion
23 Notification of vacancy in the Public Service Gazette
24 Additional requirements for SES engagement or promotion decisions
Subdivision C—Selection processes for certain types of engagements and promotions
25 Engagement on a short‑term, irregular or intermittent basis
26 Engagement of person from State or Territory jurisdiction
27 Engagement of ongoing Parliamentary Service employee as non‑ongoing Parliamentary Service employee
28 Engagement of non‑ongoing Parliamentary Service employee as ongoing employee in exceptional circumstances
29 Affirmative measure—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment
30 Affirmative measure—RecruitAbility Scheme
31 Affirmative measure—disability
32 Promotion after appointment to a statutory office
33 Engagement of an ongoing APS employee as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee
34 Re‑engagement of election candidates
35 Re‑engagement of a former Parliamentary Service employee
Division 3—Engagement on probation
36 Purpose of this Division
37 Parliamentary Service employees to be engaged on probation
Division 4—Assignment of duties and movement between Departments
38 Purpose of this Division
39 Moves between Departments not associated with promotion
40 Moves between Departments on promotion
41 Movement from an APS agency in cases of a suspected breach of the APS Code of Conduct
Division 5—Notification and date of effect of certain employment decisions
42 Purpose of Division
43 Gazettal of employment decisions
44 Gazettal when decisions previously notified are