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2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for
Members of the ADF) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Senator Lambie)
A Bill for an Act to link pay for members of the
Defence Force to pay for Parliamentarians or to
CPI, and for related purposes
No. , 2017
Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2017
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Defence Act 1903
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Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2017
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A Bill for an Act to link pay for members of the
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Defence Force to pay for Parliamentarians or to
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CPI, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the
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ADF) Act 2017.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Defence Act 1903
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1 At the end of Part IIIA
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Add:
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Division 4--Defence Force pay to be linked to the higher of
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increases in Parliamentary allowance and CPI
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58Z Definitions
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In this Division:
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CPI index number has the meaning given by section 58ZA.
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Defence Force pay means salary (within the meaning of
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Division 2) of members.
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Defence Force pay determination means a determination, made by
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the Minister under Division 1 or by the Defence Force
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Remuneration Tribunal under Division 2, in relation to Defence
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Force pay.
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Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal means the Defence Force
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Remuneration Tribunal established by section 58G.
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Parliamentary allowance amount has the meaning given by
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section 58ZB.
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total Parliamentary allowance is the total of the allowances
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(including allowances in accordance with section 48 of the
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Constitution) determined under subsection 7(1) of the
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Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973 to be paid to a member of the
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Parliament by reason of his or her membership of either House of
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the Parliament.
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58ZA Meaning of CPI index number
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(1) In this Division, the CPI index number for a quarter is the All
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Groups Consumer Price Index number (being the weighted average
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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of the 8 capital cities) published by the Australian Statistician in
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respect of that quarter (subject to subsections (2) and (3)).
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), if, at any time before or after the
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commencement of this subsection:
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(a) the Australian Statistician has published or publishes an
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index number in respect of a quarter; and
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(b) that index number is in substitution for an index number
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previously published by the Australian Statistician in respect
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of that quarter;
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disregard the publication of the later index number for the purposes
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of this Division.
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(3) If, at any time before or after the commencement of this
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subsection, the Australian Statistician has changed or changes the
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index reference period for the Consumer Price Index, then, for the
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purposes of applying this Division after the change took place or
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takes place, have regard only to index numbers published in terms
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of the new index reference period.
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58ZB Meaning of Parliamentary allowance amount
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(1) In this Division, the Parliamentary allowance amount for a
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quarter is the total Parliamentary allowance that applies during that
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quarter.
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(2) If more than one total Parliamentary allowance applies during a
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quarter, the Parliamentary allowance amount for the quarter is the
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highest of those total Parliamentary allowances.
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58ZC Defence Force pay to be linked to the higher of increases in
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Parliamentary allowance and CPI
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(1) A Defence Force pay determination must, for the first period of 12
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months, and each following period of 12 months, for which the
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determination is force, provide for an increase in the Defence
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Force pay covered by the determination that:
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(a) when expressed as a percentage change, is at least as large as
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the minimum Defence Force pay increase percentage for that
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period; and
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(b) takes effect at the start of the period.
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Note:
This section is not to be taken as an appropriation of public money
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(see section 7).
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(2) For the purposes of this section, the minimum Defence Force pay
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increase percentage for a period is the higher of the following
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percentages:
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(a) the change in the CPI index number between:
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(i) the quarter one year before the quarter (the latest
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quarter) that ended most recently before the start of the
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period; and
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(ii) the latest quarter;
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expressed as a percentage of the CPI index number for the
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quarter one year before the latest quarter;
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(b) the change in the Parliamentary allowance amount between
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the quarter one year before the latest quarter and the latest
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quarter, expressed as a percentage of the Parliamentary
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allowance amount for the quarter one year before the latest
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quarter.
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(3) To avoid doubt, a Defence Force pay determination may provide
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for future increases in Defence Force pay with reference to future
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changes in Parliamentary allowance amounts and future CPI index
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numbers that are not known at the time the determination is made.
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(4) If the minimum Defence Force pay increase percentage worked out
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under subsection (2) for a period is less than zero per cent, the
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minimum Defence Force pay increase percentage for that period is
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taken to be zero per cent.
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58ZD Sunset provision
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Subsection 58ZC(1) does not apply in relation to a period of 12
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months that begins more than 3 years after the day this Division
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commences.
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2 Application and transitional provisions
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(1)
The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to Defence
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Force pay determinations made on or after the day this Schedule
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commences.
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(2)
As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Schedule, and in
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any case within 28 days after that commencement, new Defence Force
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pay determinations must be made, under Part IIIA of the Defence Act
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1903 and in accordance with Division 4 of that Part as inserted by this
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Schedule, determining and providing for the remuneration of all
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members.
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(3)
A determination made in accordance with subitem (2) takes effect when
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it is made.
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