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Frequently Asked Questions |
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Deployments Overseas |
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Are deployed members paid TA? |
Deployed members are supplied with meals and accommodation at Commonwealth expense. Usually this means service messing and accommodation.
Where this is not possible and members are required to purchase their own meals, Travelling Costs, including incidentals, can be paid.
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Am I entitled to Family Removal Assistance/Family Travel Assistance before deploying? |
This provision is available to Members with Dependants who deploy on warlike or non-warlike operations for six months or more and where there is a compelling need for support from extended family.
The extended family support must be for all, or at least a significant portion of the member’s deployment.
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Can I transfer my Relief Out of Country Travel Fare Assistance (ROCTFA) entitlement to my dependent? |
For deployment of less than 12 months, no. For deployment of 12 months or more, special provisions apply.
For deployments of less than 12 months the ROCTFA provision is only available to the ADF member. Its intent is to provide the member with the ability to spend time away from the arduous nature of their deployment.
While
deployments can have different designated locations for their ROCTFA
destination, all deployments provide the option for members to return to
For full details of the ROCTFA provision for each deployment refer to the relevant Conditions of Service package published by the Directorate of Service Conditions.
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Can the rate of Deployment Allowance or International Campaign Allowance I’m paid when I deploy overseas be changed during my deployment? |
Yes. The
rate of allowance is linked to the assessed level of threat for each
operation.
If the level of threat has increased since the last assessment, it will be recommended to the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel to increase the rate of allowance. If the level of threat has decreased since the last assessment, it will be recommended to the Minister to reduce the rate of allowance.
Increases
are normally back dated to the effective date of the
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Will I continue to be paid Deployment Allowance or International Campaign Allowance if I’m ordered to perform duty outside the specified area; ie. attend a Board of Inquiry or escort a casualty etc? |
No. Deployment Allowance and International Campaign Allowance are only paid for service inside the specified area or for leave accrued inside the specified area. Any duty performed outside the specified area attracts normal short-term overseas duty peacetime conditions of service.
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If I’m
injured while on warlike service and return to |
Payment of International Campaign Allowance will cease effective the first full day outside the specified area.
The tax exemption applicable for warlike service would continue only for periods you are an inpatient in a hospital or medical facility. You would commence paying tax from the time you are no longer an inpatient; which includes periods of convalescence leave.
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Is Field Allowance paid for all deployments? |
No. The
payment of Field Allowance is assessed against the same criteria while
deployed overseas as it is on exercise in
Remembering of course, that Field Allowance is only paid while actually living and working in the field.
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Does the section 23AG Australian taxation exemption apply to all non-warlike operations? |
No. The application
of the section 23AG exemption depends on the taxation agreement between
It is possible for ADF operations to be conducted in countries where this exemption would not apply.
In this case, a section 79B Overseas Defence Force Rebate would still normally apply.
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Last updated: 21 January 2008 |