Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives, Votes and Proceedings, No. 46, Thursday 30 March 2017, p. 694.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 38—30 March 2017, p. 1244.

[3]        Journals of the Senate, No. 39—9 May 2017, p. 1304.

[4]        Commonwealth of Australia, An Independent Parliamentary Entitlements System Review, February 2016.

[5]        Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann, 'An Independent Parliamentary Entitlements System', Media Release, 23 March 2016.

[6]        See https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5802 (accessed 31 March 2017)

[7]        Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Bill 2017, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 1–2.

[8]        Mr Josh Frydenberg MP, Minister for the Environment and Energy, House Hansard, 30 March 2017, pp 7–8.

Chapter 2 - Key issues and committee view

[1]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 4 of 2017, Appendix 4, https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Senate/committee/selectionbills_ctte/reports/2017/rep0417.pdf?la=en (accessed 30 March 2017)

[2]        EM (PBR), p. 3.

[3]        EM (PBR), p. 3.

[4]        EM (PBR), p. 12.

[5]        EM (PBR), p. 3.

[6]        EM (PBR), p. 22.

[7]        EM (PBR), p. 22.

[8]        EM (PBR), p. 22.

[9]        Department of the House of Representatives, Submission 1, p. 2.

[10]      Department of the House of Representatives, Submission 1, p. 2.

[11]      Department of the House of Representatives, Submission 1, pp 2–3.

[12]      Submission 2. Referring to paragraphs 188 to 193 of the EM which refer to proposed subclauses 45(3) to (5) of the PBR Bill which deal with determinations made by the Tribunal in relation to members' remuneration. .

[13]      Submission 3, pp 1-5.

[14]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Fourth report of 2016, 16 March 2016, Australian Citizenship Amendment (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015, pp 271–274; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Tenth report of 2014, 27 August 2014, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment Bill 2014, p. 467; Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest 9 of 2010, 17 November 2010, Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010, pp 11–12.

[15]      EM (PBR), p. 51.

[16]      Submission 3, p. 1.

[17]      EM (PBR (CTR)), p. 12.

[18]      Submission 3, p. 5. In particular, clause 45 of the bill retains equivalents of subsections 7(1A), (1B), (1C) and (2A) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act which were inserted into that Act as part of the 2011 and 2012 amendments.