Improve the culture of parliamentary workplaces for both parliamentarians and staff.
The Government will provide $57.3 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $12.4 million per year ongoing) to improve the culture of parliamentary workplaces for both parliamentarians and staff. Funding includes:
* $51.7 million over 4 years from 2023-24 (and $12.4 million per year ongoing) to establish the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service as an independent statutory authority to provide human resources, and work health and safety support to parliamentarians and staff employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
* $5.7 million in 2023-24 for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Department of Finance to implement remaining recommendations from Set the Standard: Report on the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces (Set the Standard Report). This measure delivers on the Government's commitment to implement the recommendations of the Set the Standard Report.