Fair Work Regulations 2009

The attendee is entitled to a payment (a travelling allowance) towards meeting the expenses that the attendee incurs in travelling between the attendee’s place of work or residence (being a place in Australia) and the specified place.

The amount of the travelling allowance is as follows:

if it is reasonable for the attendee to travel by air—the amount that is payable for economy class air travel;

if public transport is available—the amount that the attendee actually and properly pays for the public transport;

if public transport is not available and the attendee travels using their private motor vehicle—the amount calculated at the rate of $0.74 per kilometre travelled.

However, the maximum amount payable for the travelling allowance is $2,000.

When deciding whether public transport is or is not available, regard must be had to whether a public transport system is operating by which the attendee could conveniently:

travel to the specified place in a reasonable time before the attendee’s required attendance; and

return to the attendee’s place of work or residence in a reasonable time after the attendee’s attendance at the specified place.