Treasury Circular
Industrial Relations
NSWTC15-17
28 August 2015
Review of Meal, Travelling and other Allowances
Various expense and work related allowances in the Crown Employees
(Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2009 are
adjusted annually. The attached table outlines the Rates and Allowances
effective 1 July 2015.
Summary:
Meal, Travelling and Related Allowances contained in Table 1 Allowances of Part B - Monetary Rates
of the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2009 have
been increased effective from 1 July 2015.
Meal and travelling allowances listed in Items 1, 2, 3 and 19 (excluding supper allowance) have been
adjusted from 1 July 2015 in line with the Australian Taxation Office Determination No. TD 2015/14,
which sets out the reasonable allowance amounts for the 2015-16 financial year.
Allowances listed in Items 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16 and 19 (supper allowance) of Table 1 have been
adjusted from 1 July 2015 in accordance with the changes in the Sydney Consumer Price Index (CPI)
for the preceding year to March 2015.
Work related allowances listed in items 13, 14, 17 and 18 are increased by 2.5 per cent on and from
the first full pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2015, being the same increase as applied to
salaries under the Crown Employees (Public Sector Salaries - 2008) Award.
Private motor vehicle allowances listed in item 6 have been set at a flat rate of 66 cents for all engine
types in line with changes identified in the 2015-16 Federal Budget.
The Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2009 will be
varied in due course to reflect the reviewed allowances in this Circular.
Rob Whitfield
Secretary
Further information:
Which agencies does this Circular apply to?
This Circular applies to the government sector as defined in the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.
Who needs to know about this Circular?
Finance, Payroll, Industrial Relations, Human Resources.
Issued by: Public Sector Industrial Relations, NSW Industrial Relations, NSW Treasury
Public Sector Industrial Relations, ph 9228 5987, psir@industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au
Contact:
Web:
www.treasury.nsw.gov.au
Date:
28 August 2015
This circular supersedes NSWTC 14/30
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- 2 PART B - MONETARY RATES
Table 1 – Rates and Allowances
Effective 1 July 2015
Item
No
Clause
No
1
Description
Amount
Meal expenses on one day journeys
Capital cities and high cost country centres
(see list in item 2)
29.1.1
Breakfast
$25.90
29.1.2
Dinner
$49.65
29.1.3
Lunch
$29.15
Tier 2 and other country centres
(see list in item 2)
29.1.1
Breakfast
$23.20
29.1.2
Dinner
$45.70
29.1.3
Lunch
$26.50
2
Travelling allowances
Capital cities
26.8.2
26.8.2
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Per day
Adelaide
$280.45
Brisbane
$328.45
Canberra
$291.45
Darwin
$339.45
Hobart
$255.45
Melbourne
$296.45
Perth
$356.45
Sydney
$308.45
High cost country centres
Per day
Albany (WA)
$302.45
Alice Springs (NT)
$273.45
Bordertown (SA)
$258.45
Bourke (NSW)
$288.45
Bright (VIC)
$275.45
Broome (WA)
$383.45
Bunbury (WA)
$278.45
Burnie (TAS)
$283.45
Cairns (QLD)
$263.45
Carnarvon (WA)
$274.45
Castlemaine (VIC)
$263.45
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No
Clause
No
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Description
Amount
Chinchilla (QLD)
$266.45
Christmas Island (WA)
$303.45
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (WA)
$408.45
Colac (VIC)
$261.45
Dalby (QLD)
$267.45
Dampier (WA)
$298.45
Derby (WA)
$313.45
Devonport (TAS)
$263.45
Emerald (QLD)
$279.45
Esperance (WA)
$258.45
Exmouth (WA)
$378.45
Geraldton (WA)
$298.45
Gladstone (QLD)
$310.45
Gold Coast (QLD)
$272.45
Gosford (NSW)
$263.45
Halls Creek (WA)
$322.45
Hervey Bay (QLD)
$280.45
Horn Island (QLD)
$323.45
Jabiru (NT)
$315.45
Kalgoorlie (WA)
$282.45
Karratha (WA)
$470.45
Katherine (NT)
$257.45
Kingaroy (QLD)
$257.45
Kununurra (WA)
$325.45
Mackay (QLD)
$284.45
Maitland (NSW)
$275.45
Mount Isa (QLD)
$283.45
Mudgee (NSW)
$258.45
Newcastle (NSW)
$278.45
Newman (WA)
$318.45
Norfolk Island (NSW)
$452.45
Northam (WA)
$286.45
Orange (NSW)
$278.45
Port Hedland (WA)
$418.45
Port Lincoln (SA)
$293.45
Port Macquarie (NSW)
$263.45
Port Pirie (SA)
$263.45
Queanbeyan (NSW)
$256.45
Roma (QLD)
$262.45
Thursday Island (QLD)
$323.45
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- 4 Item
No
Clause
No
Description
Wagga Wagga (NSW)
$264.45
Weipa (QLD)
$261.45
Whyalla (SA)
$279.45
Wilpena-Pound (SA)
$290.45
Wollongong (NSW)
$259.45
Wonthaggi (VIC)
$261.45
Yulara (NT)
$403.45
Tier 2 country centres
26.8.2
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Amount
Per day
Albury (NSW)
$246.15
Ararat (VIC)
$246.15
Armidale (NSW)
$246.15
Ayr (QLD)
$246.15
Bairnsdale (VIC)
$246.15
Ballarat (VIC)
$246.15
Bathurst (NSW)
$246.15
Bega (NSW)
$246.15
Benalla (VIC)
$246.15
Bendigo (VIC)
$246.15
Broken Hill (NSW)
$246.15
Bundaberg (QLD)
$246.15
Ceduna (SA)
$246.15
Charters Towers (QLD)
$246.15
Coffs Harbour (NSW)
$246.15
Cooma (NSW)
$246.15
Dubbo (NSW)
$246.15
Echuca (VIC)
$246.15
Geelong (VIC)
$246.15
Goulburn (NSW)
$246.15
Griffith (NSW)
$246.15
Gunnedah (NSW)
$246.15
Hamilton (VIC)
$246.15
Horsham (VIC)
$246.15
Innisfail (QLD)
$246.15
Kadina (SA)
$246.15
Launceston (TAS)
$246.15
Lismore (NSW)
$246.15
Mildura (VIC)
$246.15
Mount Gambier (SA)
$246.15
Muswellbrook (NSW)
$246.15
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- 5 Item
No
3
Clause
No
Amount
Naracoorte (SA)
$246.15
Nowra (NSW)
$246.15
Port Augusta (SA)
$246.15
Portland (VIC)
$246.15
Queenstown (TAS)
$246.15
Renmark (SA)
$246.15
Rockhampton (QLD)
$246.15
Sale (VIC)
$246.15
Seymour (VIC)
$246.15
Shepparton (VIC)
$246.15
Swan Hill (VIC)
$246.15
Tamworth (NSW)
$246.15
Tennant Creek (NT)
$246.15
Toowoomba (QLD)
$246.15
Townsville (QLD)
$246.15
Tumut (NSW)
$246.15
Wangaratta (VIC)
$246.15
Warrnambool (VIC)
$246.15
26.8.2
Other country centres
$224.15
26.8.2
Incidental expenses when claiming actual
expenses - all locations
$18.75
26.11
Daily allowance payable after 35 days and up
to 6 months in the same location - all
locations
26.8.1
Incidental expenses
$18.75
Camping allowance
Per night
4
5
Description
50% of the appropriate
location rate
34.2.1
Established camp
$31.15
34.2.2
Non established camp
$41.15
Additional allowance for staff who camp in
excess of 40 nights per year
$9.80
35.2
6
Composite allowance (per day)
Use of private motor vehicle
$148.50
Cents per kilometre
36.3
Official business
66.0
36.3
Casual rate (40% of official business rate)
26.4
Motor cycle allowance (50% of the official
business rate)
33.0
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No
Clause
No
36.7
7
Description
Towing trailer or horse float (13% of the
official business rate)
Camping equipment allowance
Amount
8.6
Per night
38.2
Camping equipment allowance
$30.85
38.3
Bedding and sleeping bag
$5.20
Remote areas allowance
Per annum
8
With dependants
39.2.1
- Grade A
$1970 pa
39.2.2
- Grade B
$2613 pa
39.2.3
- Grade C
$3490 pa
Without dependants
9
39.2.1
- Grade A
$1375 pa
39.2.2
- Grade B
$1832 pa
39.2.3
- Grade C
$2445 pa
40.1
Assistance to staff members stationed in a
remote area when travelling on recreation
leave
By private motor vehicle
Appropriate casual rate up to
a maximum of 2850 kms less
$48.55
Other transport - with dependants
Actual reasonable expenses
in excess of $48.55 and up
to $325.30
Other transport - without dependants
Actual reasonable expenses
in excess of $48.55 and up
to $160.70
Rail travel
10
41
Insurance cover
11
42.2
Exchanges
12
43.1
Room at home used as office
13
92.1.1
On-call (stand-by) and on-call allowance
(effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2015)
14
45
Flying allowance
(effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2015)
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Actual rail fare less $48.55
Up to $A 1,173
Actual cost
$897 pa
0.92 per hour
$19.68 per hour
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- 7 Item
No
Clause
No
Description
15
46.1
Uniforms, protective clothing and laundry
allowance
16
48.1
Garage and carport allowance
17
18
19
NB:
50.1
51.1
94.1
Amount
$4.70 per week
Per annum
- Garage allowance
$635 pa
- Carport allowance
$141 pa
Community language allowance scheme
(effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2015)
Per annum
- Base Level Rate
$1312 pa
- Higher Level Rate
$1972 pa
First aid allowance
(effective ffpp on or after 1 July 2015)
Per annum
- Holders of basic qualifications
$845 pa
- Holders of current occupational first aid
certificate
$1269 pa
Overtime meal allowances
Effective 1 July 2015
Breakfast
$28.80
Lunch
$28.80
Dinner
$28.80
Supper
$10.75
In adjusting expense related and salary related allowances, annual rates are adjusted to
the nearest dollar, weekly and daily rates are rounded to the nearest 5 cents, and hourly
rates are moved to the nearest cent (except for the flying allowance which is moved to
the nearest 10 cents).
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