There are many issues that have the wider defence community considering how they might vote in the coming federal election.High on the list is military superannuation, particularly those who were compulsorily subscribed to what ultimately became the Defence Force...
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Aged care inquiry to hear war widows overcharged for nursing home fees
Royal commission into aged care quality and safety. War Widows Guild says compensation payment pension should not be treated as assessable income. War widows could be spending tens of thousands of dollars more in nursing home fees compared with veterans because...
Veterans accuse Federal Government of ‘ripping off’ thousands from retirement benefits
A Federal Coalition backbencher is lobbying the Government to investigate how much money he believes it owes some older Australian military veterans. Veterans, including some who served in Korea, Malaya and Vietnam, signed up for compulsory superannuation called the...
DFRDB e-Petition to the Government – Commutation Anomaly
This petition goes directly to the Parliament. All servicemen,servicewomen, their spouses widows/widowers, who contributed to the DFRDB scheme are affected by this anomaly, Even our partners will be paying this impost until they die if we predecease them. This is...
Federal Labor’s Commitment to Defence Personnel and Veterans
A Shorten Labor Government is committed to ensuring ADF personnel, veterans and their families are supported both during and after their service. Hello Over the past two years as Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and...
Banking Royal Commission: Superannuation hearings go from the dispiriting to the galling
Read the Analysis by ABC News business reporter Daniel Ziffer and his interview with Bradley Campbell - 'No-one wants to investigate themselves' The cliche of "barely scratching the surface" doesn't even fit with summarising the super hearings at #BankingRC. One of...
Help us in the Case Supporting the CSC Campaign
We believe the The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation's (CSC) exclusion from the Royal Commission is wrong and want the Government to reverse its decision. The CSC is the Trustee for both our ADF Military Superannuation Schemes (230,000 clients) and the...
CSC and the Royal Commission – Protest Rally
Our planned protest rally yesterday 28th June in Brisbane was successful in achieving our goals: to publicly promote the matters by our presence outside the entrance to the Royal Commission Hearings, to gain media attention and to deliver a letter to the Royal...
VIDEO – #Vetrans Clawback – CSC & The Banking Royal Commission
The only significant Superannuation Organisation NOT included in the Australian Banking Royal Commission is the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. The CSC. It manages our Military Super. The Defence Community has been pleading for the Turnbull Govt to...
CSC and the Royal Commission – Summary & Actions
Summary Update “Why is the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation excluded from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry? The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) administers military and other...