Councillor and staff travel expenses

Occasionally City of Melbourne staff are required to travel interstate or internationally to undertake business, research or professional development on behalf of the Council and the wider community.  

Travel by staff is governed by the Corporate Travel Policy which outlines strict guidelines and reporting criteria for expenses incurred.

Staff travel is approved at a Director and/or Chief Executive Officer level and is considered on the basis that the travel fulfils the following criteria:

• a direct return on investment to the City of Melbourne for business related activities and decisions associated with the trip
• a significant professional development opportunity that will impact on the officer’s or manager’s role
• a significant fact or information gathering assignment that will assist the Council to capitalise on major economic, technological, marketing, human resource trends or advances

The outcomes of staff travel are reported internally and published through the Staff Travel Register in the interest of transparency and accountability.

As part of the City of Melbourne’s general policies on accountability and transparency, the City of Melbourne will publish Councillor Expenses, the Travel Register and the non-City of Melbourne passengers register no later than 1pm on the last Friday of the month after the end of each quarter of the financial year.

Travel register

Councillor and Staff Travel Expenses from 1 December 2008 to 30 September 2009 (PDF, 26kb)

Register of Inbound Travel for Non City of Melbourne Passengers: 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009 (PDF, 30kb)  

Councillor and Staff Travel Expenses for former Council (December 2004 to 30 November 2008) (PDF, 94kb)