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ADF Deployment Conditions of Service Summary |
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Historically, ADF personnel deployed overseas on United Nations, Multi-national Force or Australian led operations to meet Government objectives have been granted enhanced conditions of service benefits. These benefits have been in the form of compensation / rehabilitation cover, taxation concessions, home loan assistance, additional leave, allowances and medals. Deployment Allowance is paid in recognition of the operational and environmental threats likely to be encountered on the deployment. These threats are assessed by DIO and it is their assessment which forms the basis for setting the quantum of the allowance. The declaration of service as Warlike or Non-warlike does not directly influence the quantum of any allowance payable. Ministerial submissions prepared by Strategic Operations on ADF deployments include a recommendation as to what nature of service should be declared for each deployment. Following this declaration a separate submission from the Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions to the Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, recommends a rate of Deployment Allowance. The current procedure allows the Minister for Defence, in consultation with the Prime Minister, to declare the nature of service applicable to a particular deployment. This allows for a scheduled set of conditions of service to then be put into place. Further, it allows the Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence to determine a rate of Deployment Allowance. These mechanisms, put in place in 1994, have greatly assisted in enabling a conditions of service package for ADF personnel deployed overseas often at short or very short notice, to be determined quickly and fairly. Importantly, they also allow personnel to be advised of their entitlements prior to deployment. |
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TYPES OF ADF DEPLOYMENTS OVERSEAS – DEFINITIONS |
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Warlike operations Warlike operations are those military activities where the application of force is authorised to pursue specific military objectives and there is an expectation of casualties. These operations can encompass but are not limited to: |
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a state of declared war; |
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conventional combat operations against an armed adversary; and. |
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peace enforcement operations
which are military operations in support of diplomatic efforts to restore
peace between belligerents who may not be consenting to intervention and may
be engaged in combat activities. Usually conducted under Chapter |
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Non-warlike operations Non-warlike operations are defined as those military activities short of warlike operations where there is risk associated with the assigned task(s) and where application of force is limited to self-defence. Casualties could occur but are not expected. These operations encompass but are not limited to: |
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Hazardous operations. Activities exposing individuals or units to a degree of hazard above and beyond that of normal peacetime duty such as mine avoidance and clearance, weapons inspections and destruction, Defence Force aid to the civil power, service protected or assisted evacuations and other operations requiring the application of minimum force to effect the protection of personnel or property, or other like activities. |
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a. Peacekeeping operations. Peacekeeping is an operation during which military personnel, without powers of enforcement, help restore and maintain peace in an area of conflict with the consent of all parties. These operations can encompass but are not limited to: |
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activities short of peace enforcement where the authorisation for the application of force is normally limited to minimum force necessary for self defence; |
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activities, such as the enforcement of sanctions in a relatively benign environment which expose individuals or units to ‘hazards’ as described above; |
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military observer activities with the tasks of monitoring ceasefires, re-directing and alleviating ceasefire tensions, providing ‘good offices’ for negotiations and the impartial verification of assistance or ceasefire agreements, and other like activities; or |
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activities that would normally involve the provision of humanitarian relief. |
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Peacetime operations |
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Peacetime operations are operations not declared Warlike or Non-warlike. These operations can encompass but are not limited to: |
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a. relief assistance due to natural disasters; or |
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humanitarian relief as a result of a natural disaster both in |
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1. Humanitarian relief in the context of Non-warlike operations does not include normal peacetime operations such as cyclone or earthquake relief flights or assistance. |
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2. Peacemaking is frequently used colloquially in place of peace enforcement. However, in the developing doctrine of peace operations, peacemaking is considered as the diplomatic process of seeking a solution to a dispute through negotiation, inquiry, mediation, conciliation or other peaceful means. |