Bill
Parliamentary Business Resources Legislation Amendment (Review Implementation and Other Measures) Bill 2024
passed, as at 2024-05-30. Special Minister of State portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Special Minister of State
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2024-03-27
- second reading — 2024-03-27
- second reading — 2024-05-15
- second reading — 2024-05-15
- committee — 2024-05-15
- third reading — 2024-05-15
- introduced — 2024-05-16
- second reading — 2024-05-16
- second reading — 2024-05-16
- second reading — 2024-05-16
- third reading — 2024-05-16
- passed — 2024-05-16
- royal assent — 2024-05-30
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2024-03-27.
This bill would make several changes to the rules for providing public resources to federal politicians, based on a 2021 review.
It would move most resource administration from the Department of Finance to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority by July 2025.
Some resources, such as property management, the COMCAR car service, private-plated vehicles, residential internet and phone services, and certain insurance procurement, would stay with Finance.
- Transfer the administration of most parliamentary resources from the Department of Finance to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority.
- Extend the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority's ruling function to cover non-travel resources and to handle requests from former members.
- Create legislative rules that allow the minister to exclude further resources from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority's functions.
- Align the new administrative arrangements with the financial year starting 1 July 2025.
Federal politicians and former members who use public resources under the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017, and the Department of Finance and the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority.
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