13 Feb 2024 Our best wishes to you and your families for a safe and happy 2024. Thanks for your support Ongoing Quest for Fair TreatmentOur quest for fair treatment over our superannuation entitlements is ongoing. We will be in Canberra again next month and will...
Commutation
ADFRA – DFRDB UPDATE – OCTOBER 2023
We have remained quiet while the question of the Voice was being addressed, but not idle.Earlier this year, we wrote to Senators and Members of Parliament to again express our concerns, and several forwarded them to the Minister, the Hon Matt Keogh MP and the Shadow...
ADFRA – DFRDB Update – July 2023
McKenzie v Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation [2023] FCA 396 Clinton has decided that, in all the circumstances, the risks arising from an appeal to the Full Court were too great. His comments after reading the judgment in detail can be viewed here ADFRA’s...
ADFRA – DFRDB Update – May 2023
9 May 2023 Federal Court DecisionMost are already aware that the decision in McKenzie v Commonwealth SuperannuationCorporation [2023] FCA 396 has been handed down by Justice Perry and that the decision did not go our way.First, on behalf of all DFRDB members I...
DFRDB UPDATE – Federal Court Decision on 2nd May
Justice Perry has confirmed that judgment in Clinton McKenzie’s matter will be delivered tomorrow at 10:00am, in Court Room 18B in the Queens Square Federal Court Building, Sydney. Members of the public may attend. In addition, the live-stream of...
DFRDB UPDATE – March 2023
Federal Court Hearing We still don’t have a decision but received this from Justice Perry’s Associate: “Justice Perry is aware that judgment has been outstanding for some time. Unfortunately, while her Honour had intended to address this judgment over the January...
ALERT – DFRDB Superannuation – Petition Closing on Thursday 24 November 2022
This electronic Petition EN4548 relates to the whole of life reductions to DFRDB retirement pay. Over 50,000 affected Superannuates suffer retirement pay reductions beyond their Notional Life Expectancy Points (NLEP). The DFRDB Authority actively encouraged...
ADFRA – DFRDB Update September 2022
DFRDB UPDATE – SEPTEMBER 2022 Federal Court Hearing: Justice Perry has still not yet handed down her decision. Meeting with the New Minister In our July 2022 Update we advised that we had requested a meeting with the newMinister, the Hon Matt Keogh MP, to discuss our...
ADFRA – DFRDB Update July 2022
Federal Court HearingJustice Perry has yet to hand down her decision on the hearing of 11 May 2022. Until she does, we can’t move forward on the Commutation issue.Request for a Meeting with the New MinisterAs soon as the new Ministry was sworn in, we requested a...
Federal Court Hearing: DFRDB Commutation – 11 May 2022
If you watched today’s (11th of May) hearing of Clinton McKenzie’s Federal Court matter, you should be proud of how he presented his (our) case. His oral submission was well researched, polished and unemotional. From the feedback I have seen so far, some found the...