Bill
Remuneration Tribunal Amendment (There For Public Service, Not Profit) Bill 2025
before parliament, as at 2025-07-23.
- Sponsor
- Lambie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-02-05
- second reading — 2025-02-05
- other — 2025-07-21
- other — 2025-07-23
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 2025-02-05.
The bill would cap the pay of senior government executives and public office holders at $430,000 per year.
It would amend the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 to require the Remuneration Tribunal to set remuneration below that limit, unless the responsible minister prescribes a higher amount by legislative instrument subject to parliamentary disallowance.
The limit would take effect the day after the bill receives royal assent and would apply to determinations made on or after that date.
- Sets a statutory limit of $430,000 on annual remuneration for departmental secretaries and other public office holders.
- Allows the responsible minister to prescribe a different amount by legislative instrument, which must be made by 1 July of the preceding year and is subject to parliamentary disallowance.
- Removes the Remuneration Tribunal's power to consent to inconsistent terms and conditions for principal executive offices.
Australian Government department secretaries, holders of public office, and holders of principal executive office.
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