- Date
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20 Mar 2014
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Veterans’ Affairs
- Summary
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Amends the
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973
and Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948
to: index Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (DFRB) and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) retirement pensions, invalidity pensions, and reversionary pensions from 1 July 2014 in the same way as age and services pensions are indexed; and exempt DFRB and DFRDB members from a tax liability for the one-off capitalised value of the benefit improvement relating to past service as at 1 July 2014.