Remuneration Tribunal

Contacts | Role | Publications
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Contacts

Remuneration Tribunal Member: Mr John Flynn AM
Enquiries: Assistant to the Tribunal
Ph: (08) 8999 7342
Fax: (08) 8999 6084
Address: GPO Box 4396, DARWIN, NT, 0801
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Role of the Tribunal

The Tribunal is an independent statutory body which undertakes Inquiries into the remuneration and entitlements of key Northern Territory office holders. The Tribunal’s reports and determinations are tabled in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
The Tribunal is established by the Northern Territory Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act.
The Tribunal is responsible for:

Conducting annual reviews of the entitlements of Northern Territory Magistrates and making determinations in respect of those entitlements.

Conducting annual reviews of the entitlements (apart from basic salary) of Members of the Legislative Assembly, including office holders such as the Speaker of the Assembly, Ministers and the Leader of the Opposition, and making determinations or recommendations in respect of those entitlements (under a Standing Order issued by the Administrator of the Northern Territory).

Conducting reviews and making recommendations in respect of the entitlements of members of Northern Territory Government statutory bodies and statutory officers, including Judges, as may be requested by the Administrator from time to time.

Note the Tribunal does not have a role in setting the basic salary of Members of the Legislative Assembly. This is set by legislation as being “an annual rate equal to so much of the annual rate of the salary for a member of the House of Representatives as reduced by $3,000” - see section 3 of the Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act.

The Assembly Members and Statutory Officers (Remuneration and Other Entitlements) Act

A copy of this Act is available at www.nt.gov.au/dcm/legislation/current.html or it may be purchased at the NT Government Printing Office, Railway Street, Parap or the Alice Springs Access Centre, Westpac Building, Todd Mall, Alice Springs.
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Reports, Recommendations and Determinations of the Tribunal

Judges

Report and Recommendation No. 1 of 2005 - Judges

Magistrates

Ministers and Members

Others

* Parts of Determination No. 1 of 2005 (Magistrates) was disallowed by the Legislative Assembly on 13 October 2005. The effect of the disallowance action is that the daily rate of travelling allowance for Brisbane and Perth continues at $360, not $325 as determined, and the rate for lunch in places other than a Capital City in Table 3 continues at $25, not $19 as determined.

** Clause 7 of Report and Determination No. 1 of 2006 Ministers and Members of the legislative Assembly was disallowed by the Legislative Assembly on 21 February 2007.