Further to our last Update I can report that the Tribunal is nearing the Hearing date. You can see The Tribunal’s terms of reference here and submissions to date here. Of specific interest is the Defence Submission dated 6 July Submission 096 – Chief of the Defence Force on behalf of Defence but not presented publicly until 31 July and our Response dated 23 […]

It’s been four months since we made our last RCB submission for review to the Minister for Defence Personnel, Andrew Gee, which was supported by the Ethicos Report written by Howard Whitton a noted authority on governance probity and law making. Howard’s examination of the evidence (which includes 210 past secret and 16 past top-secret documents) related to the Government’s RCB […]

Attached is a summary of today’s court hearing, we believe it is a good outcome and hopefully very soon we will have a Pro Bono Barrister in our corner. It is critical that the information we send out gets to all Legacy Widow’s, children, members of ESO’s and anybody else that receives DFRDB superannuation. Please […]

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, This is an important Update we are about to go to court our case looks sound, but it will be up to the judge. Please register to watch the case the Update provides you with the necessary details and a large show of support would be delightful to see. Our presentation […]

Attached is the latest November Report

Arising from the Tribunal’s decision and findings we took the following actions: Applied to the Federal Court to seek extension to the 28 days in which to make application for our case. Wrote to Minister Chester to approve hazardous Service. After detailed analysis of various factors including legal jurisdiction and financial we decided to withdraw from any […]

IntroductionDue to COVID-19 and related factors, this will be a brief update. CDDA ApplicationLast month, Herb submitted a General Compensation for Detriment caused by Defective Administration (CDDA) application to extend his initial claim beyond the scope of Ombudsman’s investigation. The essence of the claim is that: The sponsoring Department (Defence) and the responsible Ministers misled the […]

Ray Fulcher’s appeal was heard on the 26th March 2020 by telephone We are disappointed DHAAT did not find warlike service yet we are buoyed by their finding that RCB service was NOT peacetime but hazardous. Read the full text of the Tribunal’s Decision here The Tribunal decision is appealable in the Federal Court within 28 […]