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- Meal & travel allowance increased from 1 July 09
- New Zealand firefighters left out in the cold
- Retained probation resolved
- Gym equipment
- New Industrial Staff

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Certain allowances in both the Permanent and Retained Awards increased on 1 July 2007. Most of these increased rates reflect a 2.2% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) since the last review in March 2006. The accommodation, meal and incidental allowances have been determined at a level consistent with the reasonable allowance amounts for the 2006/2007-income year, as determined by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in Taxation Determination 2007/21.
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