MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (STAFF) ACT 1984 - SECT 25 
Rights of relevant public servants employed by Senators and Members 

SECT

  25. (1) For the purposes of the Public Service Act, a relevant public
servant who is employed under this Part shall, subject to subsection (2),
while the employment continues, be deemed to be on leave without pay but the
service of the relevant public servant in that employment, while the relevant
public servant is so deemed to be on leave, shall be taken into account as if
it were service as a relevant public servant.
  (2) A relevant public servant who was selected for employment under the
Public Service Act, or whose employment under that Act was authorized, on the
condition that the employment should not continue after the expiration of a
specified period or on the condition that the employment should not continue
after the completion of specified work shall, for the purposes of that Act, be
deemed to cease to be a relevant public servant at the expiration of that
period or the completion of that work, as the case may be.