Education sessions
IPEA education – general sessions
IPEA conducts regular education sessions around the country throughout the calendar year.
Our general education sessions provide important information about travel related expenses for parliamentarians and their staff. This includes:
- Parliamentarian travel under the Parliamentary Business Resources Framework
- MOPS Act staff travel under their legislative framework
- Budgets, reporting and assurance activities
- Expenditure reporting
- IPEA PEMS functionality.
IPEA are conducting 2-hour education sessions in February and March 2025 at the following locations.
Education registration sessions
Register now to secure your seat for our education sessions. Spaces are limited!
Canberra
Australian Parliament House
Date: Wednesday 12 February: 9.15am–12:00pm (local time)
Melbourne
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
4 Treasury Place, East Melbourne VIC 4000
Date: Wednesday 19 February: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Register for the Melbourne session
Hobart
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
Level 13, 188 Collins Street
Hobart TAS 7000
Date: Friday 21 February: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Perth
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
Level 39, Exchange Tower
2 the Esplanade
Perth WA 6000
Date: Tuesday 4 March: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Adelaide
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
Level 13, 100 King William Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Date: Thursday 6 March: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Sydney
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
Level 21, 1 Bligh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Date: Wednesday 12 March: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Brisbane
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
Level 36, 1 Eagle Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Date: Thursday 13 March: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Darwin
Commonwealth Parliament Offices (CPO)
Level 10, 22 Mitchell Street Darwin NT 0800
Date: Wednesday 19 March: 9.30–11:30am (local time)
Register for the Darwin session
If you are unable to make our formal education sessions, you can contact us to request a tailored session at your electorate office (in person or virtual).
IPEA education – PEMS
If you would like to learn about how to claim travel expenses, view budgets and review expenditure reporting - register now for our upcoming PEMS education session. Secure you seat, spaces are limited!
21 March
Virtual: MS Teams meeting
Friday 21 March 11:00am - 12:30 pm (AEDT)
Register for the virtual session
For more information about using PEMS, refer to IPEA’s PEMS resources (available in PDF and Video format) to assist parliamentarians and their staff to use IPEA’s PEMS functionality – including travel, budgets and expenditure reports.
Waitlist
If you would like to register your interest in an education session with IPEA, you can sign up to our waitlist and we’ll be in touch with you soon. Please advise in your request the topics you would like help with (such as parliamentarian travel, staff travel, travel budgets, expenditure reporting, assurance, PEMS or other).
Personal information provided in your registration will be managed in line with the Privacy Act. Further details on the IPEA’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information is available in the full Privacy Policy. Any enquiries can be submitted to privacy@ipea.gov.au. Humanitix is used by IPEA as an event management platform for event registration. For more information, refer to the Humanitix privacy policy - external site.
