Victorian Independent Remuneration Tribunal and Improving Parliamentary Standards Act 2019

The Tribunal must make a Determination setting the value of the amount of the allowance payable to the following—

Mayors;

Deputy Mayors;

Councillors.

A Determination must provide for Council allowance categories.

A Council allowance category may be specified for—

a Council;

a group of Councils.

The Tribunal must make the first Determination under this section to take effect on the day after the expiry of the period of 6 months after receiving a request from the Minister administering the Local Government Act 2020 to make the first Determination.

When making the first Determination under this section, the Tribunal must—

include a comprehensive review of the existing allowance categories and Councillor allowances and Mayoral allowances under the Local Government Act 1989 taking into account similar allowances for elected members of local government bodies in other States and allowances for persons elected to other voluntary part-time community bodies; and

provide for the annual indexation of allowances; and

set the value of allowances at not less than the existing equivalent allowances under the Local Government Act 1989; and

provide for any other relevant matter that the Tribunal considers relevant.

The Tribunal must make a new Determination under this section within 6 months after the relevant date.

When making a new Determination under this section, the Tribunal must—

include a comprehensive review of the existing allowance categories and Councillor allowances and Mayoral allowances under the existing Determination taking into account similar allowances for elected members of local government bodies in other States and allowances for persons elected to other voluntary part-time community bodies; and

provide for the annual indexation of allowances; and

provide for any other relevant matter that the Tribunal considers relevant.

For the purposes of subsection (6), relevant date means—

the day on which the second general election after the first determination has been made under subsection (4) is held and the day on which each subsequent second general election is held; and

any day on which the Minister administering the Local Government Act 2020 requests the Tribunal to make a new Determination under this section.

The Minister administering the Local Government Act 2020 must make a request under subsection (4) or (8)(b) in consultation with the Minister.