The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet completed a Review of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 (MoP(S) Act) to identify legislative, policy or other changes or initiatives to ensure the employment arrangements of parliamentarians and their staff are fit for purpose.
On 7 October 2022, the Report from the Review of the MoP(S) Act was released.
A factsheet is available:
Submissions
The Department received 47 written submissions on the matters within its Terms of Reference for the Review from 28 February 2022 to 1 July 2022.
The Department is grateful to everyone who assisted with the MoP(S) Act Review.
Background to the Review
The Review was recommended by Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins in her report Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces and was commissioned by the then Prime Minister in February 2022.
The Terms of Reference for the Review are available. The scope of the Review included:
- the recruitment of MoP(S) Act staff, including the transparency of arrangements, the use of merit-based recruitment, and pre-engagement checks
- procedural fairness for the terms, conditions and termination of employees and employers under the MoP(S) Act
- the responsibilities, expectation, and accountability of MoP(S) Act staff
- appropriate public reporting and accountability of the administration of the MoP(S) Act.
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