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Ministers of State Amendment Bill 1980
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PARLIAMENT
OF
AUSTRALIA
DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
PARLIAMENTARY
LIBRARY
MINISTERS
OF
STATE
AMENDMENT
BILL
1980
Date
Introduced:
House: Presented
by:
21 August
1980
House
of Representatives
Hon.
John
McLeay,
Minister for
Administrative Services.
Short
Digest of Bill
Purpose
and
Background Section
66
of the Constitution provides
that
there
shall
be
payable out of the Consolidated
Revenue
Fund,
for
the
salaries
of the Ministers of
State,
an annual
sum
which,
until the Parliament otherwise provides, shall not exceed twelve thousand
pounds
a
year.
The
Bill pro
vi des for
an
increase in the financial
limit
from
$350,000
to
$400,000.
The
amendment
follows
the
decision
of
the
Government
to accept the
recommendations
in the
1980
Review
by the
Remuneration
Tribunal.
The
increases
to
Ministerial
sa
1
aries
represent
the
flow
on
of
Nation a 1
Wage
Case
decisions of the Australian Conciliation
and
Arbitration
Commission. Main
Provision
Clause 3
amends
the Principal
Act
~y
·omitting
"$350,000"
and
substituting
"$400,000".
22 August
1980
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& Government
Group
LEGISLATIVE
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