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Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority

IPEA

3 April 2017 – present

Independent statutory agency that advises on, processes, audits and publicly reports the work expenses and travel of parliamentarians and their staff.

How it came into existence

Began operating as an executive agency on 3 April 2017, part of the Turnbull government's response to the 2016 review of the parliamentary entitlements system, and became a statutory authority under the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017 on 1 July 2017. It took over the processing, audit and reporting of parliamentarians' travel and work expenses from the Ministerial and Parliamentary Services division of the Department of Finance.

  • Split from Department of Finance · 3 April 2017
    • Processing of parliamentarians' travel claims
    • Audit and public reporting of parliamentary work expenses

    From the Ministerial and Parliamentary Services division.

Legislation: Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017

Changes during its life

  1. 1 July 2017Became a statutory authority under the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017, having operated as an executive agency since 3 April 2017.
  2. 1 January 2018The Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 commenced, replacing the former entitlements framework with the work resources framework that the authority administers.

Main functions

  • Processing travel expense claims of parliamentarians and their staff
  • Advice and rulings on work expenses
  • Auditing parliamentarians' work expenses
  • Public reporting of parliamentary expenditure

Where it sits

In the portfolio of Department of Finance.

Type of body
Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
Portfolio
Finance
Accountable authority
Chief Executive Officer – Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017 section 11(2)(b) with reference to section 24 (membership section 15)
ABN
26 424 781 530

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