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Community Language Allowance Application Form

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Community Language Allowance (CLA) 

Under clause 26 of the Commonwealth Members of Parliament Staff Enterprise Agreement 2024-27 (EA), eligible ongoing and non-ongoing employees can receive an allowance if they meet certain competency requirements and are required to use their ability to communicate in braille, Auslan, or a language other than English in the course of their work. 

For an employee to be eligible for this allowance, the employing parliamentarian must determine that:

  • the employee is regularly required to use their ability to communicate in another language, and 
  • the evidence available to them demonstrates that the employee has the skills and capability required to communicate in a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters in the relevant language or languages.

Nominated officer details

Title

Employment status

Language and competency

There is no limit on the languages available for the allowance. We identify Braille and Auslan explicitly as they are not spoken languages like other languages are likely to be.
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Parliamentarian details

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