The Tasmanian, ACT and Northern Territory guidance documents all include a section on the management of grants during the caretaker period. All three jurisdictions advise that payment can be made on grants approved prior to the caretaker period but should be forwarded by the department rather than the minister. No commitments should be made on grant applications received during the caretaker period.

The Northern Territory is the only jurisdiction that makes mention of the relationship between ministers and statutory authorities and/or government-owned corporations under a separate heading. Both the Commonwealth and Victorian guidance documents mention the relationship with statutory authorities as part of their Introduction. All recommend these bodies should observe caretaker conventions unless to do so would conflict with their legal obligations or commercial requirements.

Western Australia offers detailed advice on travel for Members of Parliament. It outlines who can travel and under what circumstances at State expense during the caretaker period. It is very prescriptive and even includes the formula for calculating the costs for media representatives travelling on charter flights.

The Commonwealth and Victoria both cite the convention that ministers do not claim travel allowance from the day of the campaign launch to the day after polling day.^[3] The exception is if ministers have to travel for Cabinet meetings or in connection with their ministerial duties. The Victorian guidance also outlines the travel entitlements for the Leaders of non-government parties once the election is called.

The Commonwealth, Victorian and ACT guidance documents all cover the issue of formal responses to parliamentary reports. The advice is that outstanding reports should be taken up with the incoming government but, in the meantime, agencies can undertake preparatory work and consultation at the agency level so they can provide early advice to the incoming government.

The Commonwealth and Victoria both advise that administrative reports, such as annual reports, can be tabled out of session. The ACT has a detailed framework for annual reporting and makes specific provision for the timetable to present annual reports in an election year.