The ACT Government will spend an additional $3,306,000 on the Office of the ACT Legislative Assembly in 2016-17, reflecting the expansion of the Assembly from 17 to 25 members from 2016-17.
The funding will cover Members, members’ staff salaries and on-costs as well as additional resources for Assembly Hansard production, security and administration.
This additional cost will rise to $4,113,000 in 2017-18; $4,207,000 in 2018-19; and $4,303,000 in 2019-20.