2023-02-07 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   7 FEBRUARY 2023




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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                7 FEBRUARY 2023

              e   The determination of the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal (QIRT) on
                  31 May 2021 to increase the Base and Additional Salary rates for members of the
                  legislative assembly by:
                     °      0% with effect on and from 1 September 2019;
                     °      2.0% with effect on and from 1 September 2021;
                     oO     2.25% with effect on and from 1 March 2022; and
                     °      2.5% with effect on and from 1 September 2022.

              e   On1 March 2021, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) made
                  Wages Determination: Certification of Salary Schedules (Wages Determination)
                  which varied the State Government Entities Certified Agreement 2019 (the 2019
                  Certified Agreement) to:
                     °     set the salary rate for public service employees under the core agreement at
                           1 September 2021 as the award rate current at that time (this will be the rate
                           upon which annual increases will be made);
                     °     align the salary increase dates for public service employees as follows:
                           *  2.5% wage increase from 1 September 2019;
                           *  2.5% wage increase from 1 September 2021;
                           *  2.5% wage increase from 1 March 2022; and
                           *  2.5% wage increase from 1 September 2022.

              e   Determination of the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal of Western Australia dated 7
                  April 2022: that remuneration, fees, and annual allowance ranges provided to CEOs
                  and elected members be increased by 2.5%.

              e   Decision of the New South Wales Local Government Remuneration Tribunal
                  Determination and Annual Report dated 20 April 2022: to apply a 2.0% increase in
                  the minimum and maximum fees applicable in each category and that the current
                  allocation of councils into the current categories of councils is appropriate.

              e   Decision of the Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal dated 7 March 2022:
                  new base levels and increases for 5 years from 18 December 2021, for mayors, deputy
                  mayors and councillors, as set out in tables 1-13 of Allowance payable to Mayors,
                  Deputy Mayors, and Councillors (Victoria) Determination No. 01/2022.

              e   In Tasmania, the remuneration for local government councillors is automatically
                  increased under the provisions of the Local Government (General) Regulations 2015.
                  The increase, effective 1 November 2022, is an automatic indexation of local
                  government allowances provided for under the Local Government Act 1993 (Tas) by
                  multiplying the allowances for the previous year by the inflationary factor
                  (determined by calculating the current year’s June quarter Wage Price Index divided
                  by the previous years’ June Wage Price Index).

              e   Inthe Northern Territory, the allowances for local government council members are
                  indexed by CPI (Darwin) at 1 July each year.

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