Footnotes

Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010 and related matters

[1]        Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Amendment (Fair Indexation) Bill 2010, clause 3.

[2]        The 'pension MBR factor' is the measure used to determine increases in Australian Government income support pensions, including the Service Pension. The formula is contained in the Veterans' Entitlement Act 1986 and determined in accordance with statistics provided by the Australian Statistician.

[3]        Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson, Senate Hansard, 18 November 2010, p. 1569.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[5]        Joint Select Committee on Defence Force Retirement Benefits Legislation, Report, May 1972.

[6]        Select Committee on Superannuation and Financial Services, A 'Reasonable and Secure' Retirement?: The benefit design of Commonwealth public sector and defence force unfunded superannuation funds and schemes, April 2001, p. 44.

[7]        Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Hon Lindsay Tanner, MP, Media Release, 'Indexation of Australian Government Civilian and Military Superannuation pensions', 21 August 2009.

[8]        Mr B Nebenfuhr, Submission 2, p. 1; Mr P Thomas, Submission 3, p. 1; Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, p. 3;Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 9, p. 1; Wing Commander Paul Johnson, Submission 10, p. 2.

[9]        Mr B Nebenfuhr, Submission 2, p. 1.

[10]      Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Submission 11, p. 4; Mr P Johnson, Submission 10, p. 2;

[11]      Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (Queensland Branch), Submission 9, p. 1; Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Submission 11, p. 2.

[12]      Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (Queensland Branch), Submission 9, p. 2.

[13]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, pp 4–5; see also Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, p. 1..

[14]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, p. 16.

[15]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, pp 12–14.

[16]      Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, p. 7.

[17]      Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (Queensland Branch), Submission 9, p. 2; see also Wing Commander Paul Johnson, Submission 10, pp 1–2.

[18]      Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 3; Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 14, p. 4.

[19]      Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 14, p. 4.

[20]      Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 14, p. 5.

[21]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, p. 5.

[22]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, p. 6.

[23]      Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, p. 1.

[24]      Vietnam Veterans' Federation, Submission 1, p. 1.

[25]      Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Submission 11, p. 3.

[26]      Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Submission 11, pp 3–4.

[27]      Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Submission 11, p. 4.

[28]      Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 5.

[29]      Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission14, pp 2-3.

[30]      Injured Service Persons Association, Submission 12, pp 2­3.

[31]      Injured Service Persons Association, Submission 12, p. 5.

[32]      Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Submission 11, p. 5.

[33]      Department of Finance, Submission 14, p. 3.

[34]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, pp 16–17.

[35]      Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 5, p. 18.

[36]      Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, p. 2; see also pp 9–10.

[37]      Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, p. 2.

[38]      Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, p. 10.

[39]      Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 7, pp 10–11.

[40]      Mr Peter Thornton, Submission 6, p. 3.

[41]      Mr Peter Thornton, Submission 6, p. 4.

[42]      The Australian Government Actuary's full costing is available on the Finance website at http://www.finance.gov.au/superannuation/DFRDBLetter.html

[43]      Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 3; Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 14, p.

[44]      Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 14, p. 3.

[45]      Department of Finance and Deregulation, Submission 14, p. 5.

[46]      Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 4.

[47]      Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 4.

[48]      Department of Defence, Submission 15, p. 6.