Meal, Travelling and Related Allowances contained in Table 1 Allowances of Part B - Monetary Rates of the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2009 have been increased effective from 1 July 2014.

Meal and travelling allowances listed in Items 1, 2, 3 and 19 (excluding supper allowance) have been adjusted from 1 July 2014 in line with the Australian Taxation Office Determination No. TD 2014/19, which sets out the reasonable allowance amounts for the 2014–15 financial year.

Allowances listed in Items 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16 and 19 (supper allowance) of Table 1 have been adjusted from 1 July 2014 in accordance with the changes in the Sydney Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the preceding year to March 2014.

Work related allowances listed in items 13, 14, 17 and 18 are increased by 2.27 per cent on and from the first full pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2014, being the same increase as applied to salaries under the Crown Employees (Public Sector Salaries - 2008) Award.

Private motor vehicle allowances listed in item 6 are increased in accordance with the Australian Taxation Office Income Tax Assessment Regulations 1997.

The Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Reviewed Award 2009 will be varied in due course to reflect the reviewed allowances in this Circular.

Philip Gaetjens
Secretary