Division Description Changes — Remuneration Tribunal Determination — Motion for Disallowance — 14th May 2009

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senate vote 2009-05-14#3 Edited by mackay staff on 2016-06-09 11:27:29	Title ~~Remuneration Tribunal Determination — Motion for Disallowance~~ Motions - Remuneration Tribunal Determination - Electorate allowance Description <p pwmotiontext="moved">That Part 3 (clauses 3.1 to 3.3) of Determination 2009/04: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office; and Members of Parliament – Entitlements and Office Holders Additional Salary, made pursuant to subsections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of the <i>Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973</i>, be disapproved.</p> ~~<p pwmotiontext="moved">That the motion (<b>Senator Bob Brown’s</b>) be agreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted against a motion that opposed the rise in [electorate allowance](http://www.maps.finance.gov.au/entitlements_handbooks/senators-and-members/Part_Two_Salary_-_2.2_Electorate_Allowance.asp). Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown) introduced the motion and [explained](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2009-05-14.41.2): > This motion is to disallow the regulation by which the members of parliament would get an extra $4,900 a year, or $90 a week, in electorate allowance. He argued that this was a particularly bad time for an increase to the allowance due to the [recession](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession). ### Motion text > That Part 3 (clauses 3.1 to 3.3) of Determination 2009/04: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office; and Members of Parliament – Entitlements and Office Holders Additional Salary, made pursuant to subsections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, be disapproved.

That Part 3 (clauses 3.1 to 3.3) of Determination 2009/04: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office; and Members of Parliament – Entitlements and Office Holders Additional Salary, made pursuant to subsections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, be disapproved.
That the motion (Senator Bob Brown’s) be agreed to.
The majority voted against a motion that opposed the rise in [electorate allowance](http://www.maps.finance.gov.au/entitlements_handbooks/senators-and-members/Part_Two_Salary_-_2.2_Electorate_Allowance.asp).
Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown) introduced the motion and [explained](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2009-05-14.41.2):
> *This motion is to disallow the regulation by which the members of parliament would get an extra $4,900 a year, or $90 a week, in electorate allowance.*
He argued that this was a particularly bad time for an increase to the allowance due to the [recession](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Recession).
### Motion text
> *That Part 3 (clauses 3.1 to 3.3) of Determination 2009/04: Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Public Office; and Members of Parliament – Entitlements and Office Holders Additional Salary, made pursuant to subsections 7(1), 7(3) and 7(4) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973, be disapproved.*