Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Votes and Proceedings, No. 72, 2 October 2014, p. 875.
[2]
Votes and Proceedings, No. 78, 28 October 2014, p. 939.
[3]
Journals of the Senate, No. 62, 29 October 2014, p. 1680.
[4]
Journals of the Senate, No. 59, 2 October 2014, pp 1581-1582.
[5]
The Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Second Reading Speech, House of
Representatives Hansard, 2 October 2014, pp 11079-11080.
Chapter 2 - Key issues and committee view
[1]
Proposed amendment to subparagraph 3(b)(i) of the Parliamentary
Entitlements Act 1990; EM, p. 2.
[2]
The Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Second Reading Speech, House of
Representatives Hansard, 2 October 2014, p. 11080. The bill includes a
provision for the Special Minister of State to determine, by legislative
instrument, the prescribed travel benefits that will be subject to the
25 per cent penalty loading.
[3]
EM, p. 2.
[4]
Submission 2, p. 9.
[5]
Submission 2, p. 7.
[6]
Submission 2, p. 7.
[7]
Submission 2, p. 9.
[8]
Submission 2, p. 7.
[9]
Submission 2, p. 7.
[10]
Submission 2, p. 9.
[11]
Submission 1, p. 1.
[12]
Submission 3, pp 3-4.
[13]
Submission 3, p. 4.
[14]
See item 9 of Schedule 1 of the bill which inserts proposed new section
4AA into the Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002 (to be
renamed Parliamentary Retirement Travel Act 2002).
[15]
Submission 1, pp 1-2.
[16]
Submission 2, p. 8.
[17]
Submission 1, p. 2.
[18]
Submission 1, p. 2.
[19]
Submission 3, p. 6.
[20]
Submission 3, p. 6.
[21]
Submission 3, p. 6.
[22]
The Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Second Reading Speech, House of
Representatives Hansard, 2 October 2014, p. 11080. See Item 7 of
Schedule 2 which inserts proposed new section 10A – Recoverable payments – into
the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990.
[23]
Submission 1, p. 2.
[24]
Submission 3, pp 5-6.
[25]
See EM pp 7-8 and 9-10.
[26]
See EM pp 7-8 and 9-10.
[27]
Submission 3, p. 5.
[28]
Submission 3, p. 5.
[29]
Submission 1, p. 2.
[30]
The Minchin Protocol refers to the protocol tabled in the Senate by the
then Special Minister of State on 31 October 2000, which sets out the steps to
be taken when an allegation is received of alleged misuse of entitlement by a
Member or Senator. The process includes an internal audit by the Department of
Finance to determine if the allegations are credible and, in the event of a
more serious allegation or high incidence of transgression, the matter is
referred to a high level Departmental Committee, chaired by the Secretary. For
further information on the Minchin Protocol see the Department of Finance,
Parliamentary Services website: http://maps.finance.gov.au/Protocol_on_Allegations.htm
(accessed 13 November 2014).
[31]
Submission 1, pp 2-3.
[32]
Submission 3, p. 5.
[33]
Department of Finance, Submission 3, p. 2.
[34]
Submission 2, p. 8.
[35]
Submission 3, p. 6.
[36]
Submission 3, p. 6.
[37]
Submission 3, p. 5.
[38]
Submission 3, p. 5.
[39]
Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest,
No. 14 of 2014, 29 October 2014, p. 48.
[40]
Parliamentary Joint committee on Human Rights, Fourteenth Report of the
44th Parliament, 28 October 2014, p. 93.