Publications and media monitoring

Publications

Subject to the limit of your office expenses budget, you may purchase or subscribe to printed or electronic publications, for the conduct of your parliamentary business. You may only order such publications and in such quantities as are necessary for your parliamentary business. You cannot claim publications which are for your or another person's personal benefit or for commercial purposes. This means, you must not use the budget for the dominant purpose of providing a personal benefit to, or pursuing the commercial purposes of, yourself or another person, such as purchasing publications or other items to distribute to constituents or community groups, in bulk or individually.

You are responsible for dealing directly with your suppliers (such as a local newsagent or electronic subscription providers).

Orders placed for a subscription will be debited from the financial year in which the subscription is commenced. This includes where a subscription is for multiple years. While IPEA may pay a publication subscription claim in advance, you should be aware that if you cease to be a parliamentarian during the period of the pre-paid subscription, you may be required to repay the cost of the subscription that exceeds the length of your parliamentary term as well as any corresponding penalty loading. The 25 per cent penalty loading applies where more than 28 days have elapsed since the original claim date. IPEA has no discretion to waive the penalty loading.

Publications you purchase are included in your expenditure reports.

Media monitoring services

Subject to the limit of your office expenses budget, you may purchase media monitoring services for the conduct of your parliamentary business. You are responsible for dealing directly with your media monitoring supplier(s).

While IPEA may pay a media monitoring subscription in advance, you should be aware that if you cease to be a parliamentarian during the period of the pre-paid subscription, you may be required to repay the cost of the subscription that exceeds the length of your parliamentary term as well as any corresponding penalty loading. The 25 per cent penalty loading applies where more than 28 days have elapsed since the original claim date. IPEA has no discretion to waive the penalty loading.

Expenditure for media monitoring services is included in your expenditure reports.