On 20 May 2021, the FADT Reference Committee held its open hearing into DFRDB. The hearing can still be viewed by clicking on this link: Foreign Affairs Defence & Trade – 20/05/2021 08:50:00 – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au) Testimony of each witness commences at: 09:07:15 – Ken Stone, Independent Advocate 09:41:30 – Herb Ellerbock, ADFRA […]
IntroductionAnother short Update.CDDA ApplicationHerb has still heard nothing regarding his claim.Legal ActionWe have received a Departmental Reply to our Request for Amendment of the DFRDB Act, in which we requested: The amendment of the DFRDB Act; The recalculation of the retirement pay reduction for recipients yet to reach Schedule 3 life expectancy; The refund of all retirement pay […]
The Ombudsman’s office today (11th December) released a Media Statement on the outcome of his inquiry into DFRDB Commutation. A copy of that Statement and the Ombudsman’s Report is here. Ministerial Statement – Independent Inquiry Report into DFRDB Scheme The Government acknowledges the release of the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s independent investigation into the Defence Force Retirement […]