Member's Guide to ADF Pay and Conditions in Australia – see Disclaimer – check PACMAN for full details

A

absence from duty, 5.14, 5.15

accommodation allowance, temporary, 7.4

accommodation costs, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6

ADF district allowance, 4.11

ADF, joining or leaving, chapter 2

ADF Workplace Remuneration Arrangement, 3.1

adopted child see parental leave

advice, sources of, 1.2, 1.3, 12.1, 12.2

allowance rates, information on, 1.1

allowances, chapter 4, 5.3

ancillary contributions, 12.5

application forms, 1.3, application forms

applying, for conditions of service, 1.3

attendance allowance, 4.13

Australian Public Service employment, 2.4

B

bereavement payment, 11.3

'black hat' allowance, see  Special action forces allowance

boarding party, 4.7

breakdown of marriage, removals, 6.8

budget (travel), 9.8

business travel, 9.7, 9.8

C

cancellation of leave, 5.17

cancelled posting expenses, 6.9

car, use of, 9.10

Card Management System see Defence travel card

Career Transition Assistance Scheme, 2.3

carer's leave, 5.9

childbirth see maternity leave

childcare, 6.3, 8.5

circumstances, change in, 1.3, 8.1

civil schooling, 13.1

civilian careers, 2.3, 2.4

class of travel, 9.1

clearance diving see specialist operations allowance

close relative, 9.4

clothing, chapter 10

commandos see Special Forces

compassionate leave, 5.8

compassionate travel, 9.4

compensation, 11.1

complaint resolution, 1.3

ComSuper, 2.2, chapter 12

contact information, contacts

continuous full-time service, 1.5

contributions, ancillary, 12.5

contributions, to cost of meals and accommodation, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.8

cooling, 7.10

country applicants to ADF, 4.15

credit card see Defence travel card

D

damage, to personal effects, 10.2

dangerous materials see specialist operations allowance

de facto marriage, 12.5, see interdependent partner, 8.2

death of dependant or close relative, 9.4, 9.8

death of member, chapter 11, 12.3, 12.4

debts, 13.2

decisions, review of, 1.3

Defence Assisted Study Scheme, 13.1

Defence childcare centres, 8.5

Defence Choice Housing, 7.6

Defence Community Organisation, 8.3, 8.8

Defence Collective Agreement (DeCA), 2.4

Defence Force Ombudsman, 1.3

Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal, 3.1

Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme, chapter 12

Defence Housing Australia, 6.2, 6.7, 7.1

Defence Special Needs Support Group, 8.3

Defence Tax Management Office, 1.2

Defence travel card, 9.7, 9.8

Defence travel model, 9.7, 9.8

dependants, chapter 8

reunion visits, 9.3

of trainees, 4.12

dependants' entitlements, on death of member, 11.2, 11.3

deployment allowance, 5.7

Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2.3

determinations, 1.1

difficult locations, 4.11, 5.3

disabilities, 8.3

discharge from the ADF, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 9.2

district allowance, ADF, 4.11

disturbance allowance, 6.2

documents cited in Member's Guide, source documents

dual entitlement, 8.7

E

education assistance, 8.4, 13.1

education costs, reimbursement of, 8.4

electricity, contribution for, 7.10

emergency support for families, 8.8

employment categories, 3.6

employment, in the APS, 2.4, 5.4

entitlements on death, chapter 11

entitlements (member's), paid to someone else, 13.2

equivalent ranks, ranks

explosives see specialist operations allowance

extra risk insurance expenses, 4.14

F

families with special needs, 8.3

family circumstances, change in, 1.3, 8.1

Family Court property settlement, 8.6

Family Information Network for Defence (FIND), 1.3, 8.5

field allowance, 4.3

financial entitlements on death, 11.2

financial information, 1.2

flexible remuneration packaging, 3.4

flight duties allowance, 4.4, 12.3, 12.4

flying allowance, 4.4, 12.3, 12.4

food allowance, 7.9, see also meal allowance

forms, 1.3, other information

G

gifted dependants, 8.3

grievance (redress of grievance), 1.3

H

hard lying allowance, 4.5

hardship locations, 4.11, 5.3

health advisory service, 5.2

health trial, 8.9

heating and cooling, contribution for, 7.10

high altitude descents (parachute descents), 4.6

higher duties allowance, 4.2

home location, 9.5

home ownership assistance, 7.11

home purchase or sale, 6.6

Homefind web site, 7.6

house hunting trips, 7.2

household removals and storage see removal

housing assistance, chapter 7

I

illness

of dependant or close relative, 5.8, 5.9, 9.4

of member, 5.2

Incident Response Regiment (IRR) see specialist operations allowance

incidental costs see Defence travel card; travelling allowance

increments, 3.2

information sources,

initial home purchase, 6.5

injury, 11.1, 12.3, 12.4

insurance expenses, 4.14

interdependent partner, 8.2

international campaign allowance, 5.7

J

job worth comparison (Compare Your Package), 1.2

jobs see employment

joining the ADF, 2.1

L

laundry, 7.4

leave, chapter 5

leave lapsing, 5.3

leave travel, 9.5, 9.6

leave without pay, 5.11

leaving the ADF, chapter 2, 5.3, 9.2, 12.3, 12.4

legal authority, for ADF conditions, 1.1

living-in, 4.15, 7.3, 7.8

living out, 4.15, 7.3

long service leave, 5.4

loss of personal effects, 10.2

M

marriage breakdown, 6.8, 8.6

marriage, interdependent partner, 8.2

maternity leave, 5.5

meal allowance, 4.15, see also food allowance

meal contribution, 7.8

meal costs, when travelling see Defence travel card; travelling allowance

medical discharge see leaving the ADF

member categories, 8.1

Member Investment Choice (superannuation), 12.4

members with dependants, 8.1

members with dependants (unaccompanied), 7.8, 7.9, 8.1

members without dependants, 8.1

mess, 7.8, 7.9

Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Scheme, 11.1

Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme, 3.6, chapter 12

N

newborn child see maternity leave; parental leave

O

Ombudsman, 1.3

online information, on pay and conditions, 1.1, 1.2

overpayments, 3.5

overseas conditions of service, 1.2

P

paratrooper allowance, 4.6

parental leave, 5.6

part-time leave without pay, 5.13

pay see salary

pensions, chapter 12

personal effects, loss or damage of, 10.2

pet relocation, 6.4

portability, of long service leave, 5.4

postings, cancelled, 6.9

power (utilities), 7.10

pregnancy, 5.5

property settlement, 8.6

public holidays, 5.16

public transport see travel

R

ranks, equivalent, ranks

recreation leave, 5.3, 9.5

redundancy see leaving the ADF

Regional Education Liaison Officer, 8.4

relocations, chapter 6

remote locations, 4.11, 9.6

removal, 6.3, 6.4, 6.7

on leaving the ADF, 9.2

short absence for removal purposes, 5.15

travel by own car, 9.10

rent allowance, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7

rent ceiling, 7.7

Reservists and Reserve service, 1.1, 1.5

salaries, 3.2

travel to duty, 4.13

resignation see leaving the ADF

retention benefit, 3.6

retirement see leaving the ADF; superannuation

reunion travel, 6.1, 9.3

S

salary, 1.1, chapter 3, 13.2

packaging, 3.4, 3.6, 8.5, 12.5

scholarships, 8.4

Sea Training Group, 4.7

seagoing allowance, 4.7, see also hard lying allowance

separation allowance, 6.1

separation, from dependants, 6.1, 7.5, 7.7, 9.3

Service allowance, 1.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1

service residences, 7.5, 7.9, 7.10

short absence from duty, 5.14

short absences for removal purposes, 5.15

'sick leave', 5.2

social worker, 8.3, 8.8

source documents (cited in Member's Guide), source documents

special action forces allowance, 4.8

Special Forces, 4.8, 4.9

special needs dependants, 8.3

specialist operations allowance, 4.9

spouses, 5.11, 5.12, 8.6

Star Ranks Remuneration Arrangement, 3.1

stolen items, 10.2

storage see removal

students, education assistance, 8.4

submarine service allowance, 4.10, 12.3, 12.4, see also hard lying allowance

sunset provisions, 4.8, 4.9

superannuation, 1.2, 3.6, chapter 12

T

Tactical Assault Group (TAG) East see Special Forces

tax, 1.2

temporary accommodation allowance, 7.4

therapy assistance, 8.3

trainee leave, 5.3

trainees, 3.2, 4.8, 4.9, 4.13

trainee's dependant allowance, 4.13

training, 4.8, 13.1

Transition Management Service, 2.3

travel, chapter 9

travel card, 9.8

travel costs, 9.7

travelling allowance, 9.9, see also vehicle allowance

travelling leave, 5.10

tuition, extra, 8.4

U

uniform allowance, 10.1

utilities, 7.10

V

vehicle allowance, 9.10

W

war service leave, 5.7

water, contribution for, 7.10

working hours, 1.4