Federal Court Hearing – 11 May 2022A reminder that the hearing of Clinton McKenzie's Federal Court matter has been set downfor Wednesday, 11 May 2022, at 10:15 am (EST).The hearing will be live-streamed, and we will email the link as soon as it is made availableto the...
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ADFRA DFRDB Court Hearing Update
The Hon Justice Perry has asked for the case management hearing for Clinton McKenzie’s Federal Court matter on Commutation, which was scheduled for 28 February 2022, to be postponed until 3 March 2022. The hearing is expected be short as it will merely be about...
ADFRA – DFRDB Update – November 2021
Attached is the latest November Report Herb Ellerbock & Jim Hislop
ADFRA – DFRDB Update – September 2021
The Senate FADT Committee’s Inquiry We had hoped for a Government response to the Senate FADT Committee’s report beforethis Update, but to date there has been none. The Effect of the DFRDB Commutation CampaignOver the past two years, the DFRDB Commutation Campaign has...
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...
ADFRA – DFRDB Update – September 2020
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...
Ombudsman’s Inquiry into DFRDB Commutation
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...
ADFRA’s DFRDB UPDATE – JULY 2019
The Australian Defence Force Retirees Association (ADFRA) acts on behalf of Defence Force retirees and their military superannuation grievances. DFRDB UPDATE - JULY 2019 Hi All,Most of you will aware that the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s investigation into...
ADF Retirees Association – DFRDB Update – June 2019
The Australian Defence Force Retirees Association (ADFRA) acts on behalf of Defence Force retirees and their military superannuation grievances. Related Article: 50,000 veterans fired up over pension ‘shortfall’ The Australian 28th June 2019 " Hi All, We assume that...
DFRDB Commutation -Ombudsman investigation
On 25 March 2019 the Minister for Veterans Affairs announced an Independent Inquiry into the Administration of the DFRDB scheme to be undertaken by the Ombudsman. On 25 May 2019 the Ombudsman announced its “own motion’ or internal investigation limited to the accuracy...