Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

Further to the Parliamentary Business Resources Bill 2017, the second bill in the package of legislation to reform the parliamentary work expenses system is the Parliamentary Business Resources (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2017.

This bill makes consequential amendments to relevant legislation, including the repeal of the Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990 and the Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952, to facilitate a new simplified 'principles based' parliamentary work expenses framework.

The bill also provides for provisions to assist with the transition from the old work expense framework to the new work expenses framework. This includes validating expenses by parliamentarians or former parliamentarians that span the two frameworks.

The bill also makes minor consequential amendments to the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017so that the IPEA's powers and functions are more directly referable to the new work expense framework.

The full details of amendments made by this bill are contained in the explanatory memorandum.

Debate adjourned.