This initiative invests $97.9 million over the forward estimates to provide an increase to the fortnightly Special Rate payments under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (VEA) and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 MRCA) from 1 January 2023. This...
Senate Inquiry
ADFRA Update May 2021 – Senate inquiry into DFRDB
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...
Senate Inquiry into DFRDB On Thursday 20 May 2021 – Open Hearings
The Senate FADT Reference Committee conducting the Inquiry into DFRDB will be conducting an Open Hearing on Thursday, 20 May 2021, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM. This is an inquiry into the accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits...
Senate Inquiry: Accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) members
On 18 March 2021 the Senate referred the following matter to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by Thursday, 24 June 2021: Accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) members....
ALP Media Release – Labor Announces Senate Inquiries into the TPI Pension and DFRDB Superannuation Scheme
Labor has established new Senate inquiries into the Totally and PermanentlyIncapacitated (TPI) veteran pension and the Defence Force Retirement and DeathBenefits (DFRDB) military superannuation scheme. This release from Shayne Neumann MP Shadow Minister for Veterans’...
Senate FADT Inquiry – Accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) members
On 18 March 2021 the Senate referred the following matter to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by Thursday, 24 June 2021: Accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB)...
Senate FADT – Inquiry into TPI Payment (Special Rate of Disability Pension)
On 18 March 2021, the Senate referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee the following matter for inquiry and report by 24 June 2021: The TPI payment (Special Rate of Disability Pension), with particular reference to: the purpose, adequacy,...
National Inquiry – Defence and Veteran Suicide
Prevention Bill 2020 and the Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020 On 3 September 2020 the Senate referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee the provisions of the National Commissioner for Defence and...
‘Disheartening’: Veterans ‘let down’ by inquiry into anti-malarial drug trials
Veterans are disheartened by a Senate inquiry into anti-malarial drug trials they say have left them with debilitating symptoms for nearly 20 years. Australian Defence Force personnel took quinoline drugs mefloquine and tafenoquine while deployed to Timor-Leste and...