Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026

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1Name#

This instrument is the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026.

2Commencement#

These Regulations shall come into force on 17th March 1987 and shall have effect as from 25th November 1982.

(1)Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table	The day after this instrument is registered.	29 August 2026
2. Schedule 1, Part 1	The day after this instrument is registered.	29 August 2026
3. Schedule 1, Part 2	The later of:(a) the day after this instrument is registered; and(b) the commencement of the Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2026.However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.	30 August 2026(paragraph (b) applies)

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority#

This instrument is made under subsections 5(2A), 7(3), (3AA), (4) and (4B) of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973.

4Schedules#

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1 · Amendments

Part 1 · General amendments

Remuneration Tribunal (Judicial and Related Offices—Remuneration and Allowances) Determination 2026 #

1 Section 7

Insert:

Table 6A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 40.

2 Paragraphs 12(1)(b), (2)(b) and (3)(b)

Omit “$14,135”, substitute “$15,394”.

3 Subsection 24(6)

Omit “that would, under section 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, reduce the charge percentage for that office holder to nil”, substitute “required to avoid creating, or contributing to, a superannuation guarantee shortfall under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992”.

4 Subsection 39(1)

Omit “$40,630”, substitute “$41,240”.

5 After Part 5

Insert:

Part 6 · Application and transitional provisions

40Application and transitional provisions—general#

The following table (Table 6A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 6A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1Provision	Column 2Application and transitional provisions
1	Paragraphs 12(1)(b), (2)(b) and (3)(b) and subsection 39(1)	The amendments of these provisions made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026 apply on and after 30 August 2026.
2	Subsection 24(6)	The amendment of this provision made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026 applies in the same way as the amendments of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 made by Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Act 2025 apply under item 182 of that Schedule.

Remuneration Tribunal (Principal Executive Offices—Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions) Determination 2026 #

6 Section 8

Insert:

Table 9A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 33.

7 Subsection 21(6)

Omit “that would, under section 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, reduce the charge percentage for that PEO to nil”, substitute “required to avoid creating, or contributing to, a superannuation guarantee shortfall under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992”.

8 After Part 8

Insert:

Part 9 · Application and transitional provisions

33Application and transitional provisions—general#

The following table (Table 9A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 9A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1Provision	Column 2Application and transitional provisions
1	Subsection 21(6)	The amendment of this provision made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026 applies in the same way as the amendments of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 made by Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Act 2025 apply under item 182 of that Schedule.

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-time Public Office) Determination 2026 #

9 Section 7

Insert:

Table 6A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 23.

10 Section 10 (Table 2A, after table item dealing with Chief Executive, Australian Financial Security Authority)

Insert:

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable Energy Agency

$564,950

11 Section 10 (Table 2A, table item dealing with Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable Energy Agency)

Repeal the item.

12 Section 10 (Table 2A, after table item dealing with National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commissioner)

Insert:

Chief Executive Officer, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility

$533,550

13 Section 10 (Table 2A, table item dealing with Chief Commissioner, Australian Tertiary Education Commission, column 3)

Insert “Table 2B, item 8”.

14 Section 10 (Table 2A, table item dealing with Chief Executive Officer, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility)

Repeal the item.

15 Section 11 (Table 2B, table item 8)

Repeal the item, substitute:

Chief Commissioner, Australian Tertiary Education Commission

Total remuneration for Professor Barney Glover is $502,180 for the period beginning on 1 July 2026 and ending on 14 April 2029.

16 Subsection 14(7)

17 Subsection 22(4) (Table 5B, table item 1)

Repeal the item, substitute:

Mr Andrew McConville

Chief Executive, Murray-Darling Basin Authority (until 31 December 2026)

$8,250

18 After Part 5

Insert:

Part 6 · Application and transitional provisions

23Application and transitional provisions—general#

The following table (Table 6A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 6A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1Provision	Column 2Application and transitional provisions
1	Subsection 14(7)	The amendment of this provision made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026 applies in the same way as the amendments of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 made by Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Act 2025 apply under item 182 of that Schedule.

Remuneration Tribunal (Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Part-time Public Office) Determination 2026 #

19 Section 8

Insert:

Table 8A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 45.

20 Subparagraph 11(1)(b)(ii)

Omit “quarter in a financial year”, substitute “period”.

21 Subsection 11(2)

Omit “quarter”, substitute “period”.

22 Subsection 11(2)

Omit “, under section 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, reduce the charge percentage for the office holder to nil”, substitute “be required to avoid creating, or contributing to, a superannuation guarantee shortfall under the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992”.

23 Section 16 (Table 3A, table item dealing with National Disability Insurance Agency, column 5)

Omit “2, 9, 20 and 21”, substitute “2 and 9”.

24 Section 16 (Table 3A, table item dealing with Australian Renewable Energy Agency, column 3)

Omit “$53,390”, substitute “$64,920”.

25 Section 17 (Table 3B, table items 20 and 21)

Repeal the items.

26 Section 17 (Table 3B, cell at table item 22, column 2)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

The Deputy Chair is entitled to additional fees as follows:(a) if the Deputy Chair is also appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee—$11,210 per year;(b) if the Deputy Chair is also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee—$5,620 per year.

27 Section 22 (Table 4A, table item dealing with Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee, column 2)

Omit “$1,322”.

28 Section 22 (Table 4A, after table item dealing with Repatriation Medical Authority)

Insert:

Restoration Contributions Advisory Committee

$1,322

$956

29 After Part 7

Insert:

Part 8 · Application and transitional provisions

45Application and transitional provisions—general#

The following table (Table 8A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 8A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1Provision	Column 2Application and transitional provisions
1	Section 11	The amendments of this provision made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026 apply in the same way as the amendments of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 made by Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Act 2025 apply under item 182 of that Schedule.

Remuneration Tribunal (Specified Statutory Offices—Remuneration and Allowances) Determination 2026 #

30 Section 7

Insert:

Table 5A means the table of application and transitional provisions in section 16.

31 Subsection 12(6)

32 After Part 4

Insert:

Part 5 · Application and transitional provisions

16Application and transitional provisions—general#

The following table (Table 5A) sets out application and transitional provisions for the provisions in column 1.

Table 5A—Application and transitional provisions
Item	Column 1Provision	Column 2Application and transitional provisions
1	Subsection 12(6)	The amendment of this provision made by the Remuneration Tribunal Amendment Determination (No. 4) 2026 applies in the same way as the amendments of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 made by Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payday Superannuation) Act 2025 apply under item 182 of that Schedule.

Part 2 · Amendments relating to the official travel determination

Remuneration Tribunal (Judicial and Related Offices—Remuneration and Allowances) Determination 2026 #

33 Section 7 (definition of official travel determination)

Omit “2025”, substitute “2026”.

Remuneration Tribunal (Principal Executive Offices—Classification Structure and Terms and Conditions) Determination 2026 #

34 Section 8 (definition of official travel determination)

Omit “2025”, substitute “2026”.

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