Tribunal issues clarification of Determination 3/2014
Issued 27 March 2014
Subsequent to the release of Determination 3/2014 the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal has identified a minor calculation error that relates to the additional salary payable to the office of Premier. The new amount of additional salary payable to the office of Premier is $230,312 (which replaces the figure of $230,714).
The consequence of this amendment is to alter the total salary of the office of Premier to $379,160 (base salary of $148,848 plus additional salary of $230,312).
Access the amended Determination 3/2014.
Specifically the change affects paragraph 1.17 of the Executive Summary, the fourth paragraph on page 64 and paragraph 1 of the Determination 3/2014 on page 69.
To assist with understanding the dollar impact of the Determination 3/2014 on all office holders the table below is provided.
| Band | Office | Relativity between offices % |
Dollar value of Additional salary $ |
Base salary $ |
Total salary $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Premier | 100 | 230,312 | 148,848 | 379,160 |
| 2 | Deputy Premier | 80 | 184,250 | 148,848 | 333,098 |
| 3 | Minister; Leader of the Opposition |
70 | 161,218 | 148,848 | 310,066 |
| 4 | Speaker; Assistant Minister and Leader of the House |
60 | 138,187 | 148,848 | 287,035 |
| 5 | Deputy Leader of the Opposition | 40 | 92,125 | 148,848 | 240,973 |
| 6 | Chief government whip; Deputy Speaker; Manager of Opposition Business; Assistant Minister |
35 | 80,609 | 148,848 | 229,457 |
| 7 | Opposition Spokesperson; Leader in the Assembly of a recognised political party, other than the Leader or Deputy Leader of the Opposition; Chairperson of a committee |
25 | 57,578 | 148,848 | 206,426 |
| 8 | Senior government whip; Opposition whip |
15 | 34,547 | 148,848 | 183,395 |
| 9 | Government deputy whip | 12.5 | 28,789 | 148,848 | 177,637 |
| 10 | Member of a committee | 10 | 23,031 | 148,848 | 171,879 |