Chapter 15: Living and working on long-term posting overseas

Contents

Overview

15.0.1	Overview	1
15.0.2	Contents	1

Part 1: Overview

15.1.1	Purpose	1
15.1.2	Member this Chapter applies to	1
15.1.3	Member this Chapter does not apply to	1
15.1.4	Public holidays overseas	2
15.1.4A	Christmas stand-down	3
15.1.5	Member living on Manhattan Island, USA	3

Annex 15.1.A

Overseas public holidays

1

Part 2: Overseas living allowance

15.2.1	Overview	1
15.2.2	Contents	1

Division 1: Overview

15.2.3	Purpose	1
15.2.4	Member this Part applies to	1
15.2.5	Member this Part does not apply to	2
15.2.6	Changes in allowances	2
15.2.7	Disposable income for ADF members (ADF only)	3
15.2.7A	Disposable income for APS employees (APS only)	4
15.2.8	Post index	4
15.2.9	Entitlement to overseas living allowance	6
15.2.9A	Effect of non-Commonwealth allowances on overseas living allowance	6

Division 2: Cost of living adjustment

15.2.10	Purpose	1
15.2.11	Working out the cost of living adjustment	1
15.2.12	Dual entitlement	1
15.2.13	Excluding higher duties allowance from disposable income	2

Division 3: Post adjustment

15.2.14	Purpose	1
15.2.15	Rate of post adjustment	1
15.2.16	Supplementary post adjustment for Tonga	2
15.2.17	Supplementary post adjustment for Manhattan, New York, USA	2

Division 4: Child allowance

15.2.18	Purpose	1
15.2.19	Member this Division does not apply to	1
15.2.20	Eligibility – child allowance	1
15.2.21	Working out child allowance	2
15.2.22	Allowance if social security benefit lowered	3

Division 5: Child reunion allowance

15.2.23	Purpose	1
15.2.24	Member this Division applies to	1
15.2.25	Member this Division does not apply to	1
15.2.26	Entitlement – child reunion allowance	1
15.2.27	Working out child reunion allowance	1

Division 6: Other matters affecting overseas living allowance

15.2.28	Purpose	1
15.2.29	Member this Division applies to	1
15.2.30	Recreation leave	1
15.2.31	Absence from posting location	2
15.2.32	Continuing and unavoidable costs during absence	3
15.2.33	Members leaving posting location before their dependants	4
15.2.34	Payment of overseas living allowance for unused leave	5
15.2.35	Detention (ADF only)	5

Division 7: Additional food and clothing allowances

15.2.36	Purpose	1
15.2.37	Meal allowances – additional duty	1
15.2.38	Meal costs in temporary accommodation	2
15.2.39	Air freight of foodstuffs – Vietnam	2
15.2.40	Special garment allowance	2

Annex 15.2.A

Post indexes

1

Part 3: Travel during a long-term posting

15.3.1	Purpose	1
15.3.2	Member this Part applies to	1
15.3.3	Contents	1

Division 1: Travel for short-term duty while on long-term posting

15.3.4	Travel for short-term duty while on long-term posting	1
15.3.5	Travel by private vehicle	1

Division 2: Excess commuting costs

15.3.6	Purpose	1
15.3.7	Public transport	1
15.3.8	Private vehicle	2
15.3.9	Public transport and private vehicle combined	3

Division 3: Overseas reunion travel

15.3.10	Purpose	1
15.3.11	Member this Division applies to	1
15.3.12	Member to give notice of reunion travel	1
15.3.13	Number of reunion visits to overseas posting location	2
15.3.14	Time periods for reunions	2
15.3.15	Amount of reimbursements	3
15.3.16	Member or spouse or interdependent partner visits dependant ('reverse overseas reunion')	3
15.3.17	Reverse dependant overseas reunion travel to a non-dependant	4

Division 4: Vehicle allowances

15.3.18	Purpose	1
15.3.19	Member this Division applies to	1
15.3.20	Member this Division does not apply to	1
15.3.21	Vehicle allowance	1
15.3.22	Personal property tax on vehicle – USA	3

Division 5: Vehicle contribution

15.3.23	Purpose	1
15.3.24	Definition	1
15.3.25	Hire of official vehicle for casual short-term private use	2
15.3.26	Continuous full-time private use of official vehicle	3
15.3.27	Miscellaneous vehicle costs	3
15.3.28	Defence Executive Vehicle Scheme	4
15.3.29	Waiver of contribution	4

Division 6: Travel for compassionate reasons

15.3.30	Purpose	1
15.3.31	Definitions – close relative	1
15.3.32	Person this Division applies to	2
15.3.33	Close relative visit to seriously ill person overseas	2
15.3.34	Close relative attends to death overseas	3
15.3.35	Member or partner visit to a close relative	4
15.3.36	Fares for children	6
15.3.37	...	6

Division 7: Travel on extension of posting or second overseas posting

15.3.38	Purpose	1
13.3.39	Additional travel when posting extended	1
15.3.40	Dependants' travel costs on posting extension	2
15.3.41	Additional travel on long term posting to a second overseas location	2

Part 4: Housing

15.4.1	Purpose	1
15.4.2	Member this Part applies to	1
15.4.3	Member this Part does not apply to	1
15.4.4	Contents	2
15.4.5	Dispute resolution	2

Division 1: Housing

15.4.6	Purpose	1
15.4.7	Housing entitlements	1
15.4.8	Costs incurred under terms of occupancy	2
15.4.9	Dispute about damage to property	3
15.4.10	Changing housing during posting	3
15.4.11	Housing becomes unavailable or unfit	3

Division 2: Utilities

15.4.12	Purpose	1
15.4.13	Member this Division does not apply to	1
15.4.14	Definition – utilities	1
15.4.15	Entitlement	2

Division 3: Rent groups

15.4.16	Definition – rent groups – ADF only	1
15.4.16A	Definition – rent groups – APS only	1

Division 4: Rent and utilities contribution

15.4.17	Purpose	1
15.4.18	Rent and utilities contribution	1
15.4.19	Dual liability	1
15.4.20	Rent and utilities contribution – member living in overseas	2
15.4.21	Exemptions from rent and utilities contribution	2

Division 5: Reductions to rent and utilities contribution

15.4.22	Purpose	1
15.4.23	Maintaining a household in Australia	1
15.4.24	Substandard housing	2
15.4.25	Reductions of rent and utilities contribution during short-term hardship	2

Division 6: Household help

15.4.26	Purpose	1
15.4.27	Household help	1
15.4.28	Snow clearing	2
15.4.29	Representation supplement [APS only]	3

Annex 15.4.A	Rent group overseas – ADF only	1
Annex 15.4.AA	Rent group overseas – APS only	1
Annex 15.4.B	Rent and utilities contribution	1
	Part 1: Unaccompanied member	1
	Part 2: Accompanied member	1
Annex 15.4.C	Standards of residential overseas accommodation groups	1
Annex 15.4.D	Remission of rent and utilities contribution – maintenance of household in Australia	1
	Guidance for applicants	1
	Supporting documentation	1
	Review of remission	1
	Guidelines for authorised persons – eligibility criteria	2
	Maximum remission available	2
	Multiple households or dependants in Australia	2
	Costs/penalties	2
	Checklist	3
Annex 15.4.E	Remission of rent and utilities contribution for substandard accommodation overseas – submission of application	1
	Guidelines for the post and the applicant	1
	Accommodation	1
	Conditions of accommodation	2
	Nature and quality of utilities	2
	Checklist	2

Part 5: Excess health costs

15.5.1	Purpose	1
15.5.2	Member this Part applies to	1
15.5.3	Contents	1

Division 1: Eligible persons

15.5.4	Eligible person	1
15.5.5	Period of eligibility	1

Division 2: Entitlements

15.5.6	Purpose	1
15.5.7	Medical costs	1
15.5.8	Hospital costs	2
15.5.9	Pharmaceutical costs	3
15.5.9A	Pharmaceutical costs – health care card	4
15.5.10	Ancillary services	5
15.5.11	Dental costs for young children	6
15.5.12	Ambulance costs	7
15.5.13	Routine medical checks	7

Division 3: Special benefits for health-related travel

15.5.14	Purpose	1
15.5.15	Travel to another location for health care	1
15.5.16	Provision of escort	2
15.5.17	Travel for child to accompany a parent	3
15.5.18	Class of air travel for health care	4
15.5.19	Living costs at another location during treatment	5

Division 4: Claiming health costs

15.5.20	Purpose	1
15.5.21	Claims for health costs	1
15.5.22	Assignment of rights to recover costs	1
15.5.23	Payment for health service instead of reimbursement	1
15.5.23A	Private health insurance	2

Part 6: Education costs for children

15.6.1	Purpose	1
15.6.2	Member this Part applies to	1
15.6.3	Member this Part does not apply to	1
15.6.4	Contents	1

Division 1: Overview

15.6.5	Definitions	1
15.6.6	Reimbursement	1
15.6.7	...

Division 2: Education assistance for children at the posting location

15.6.8	Purpose	1
15.6.9	Member this Division applies to	1
15.6.10	Benchmark schools at posting locations	1
15.6.11	Entitlement – general	2
15.6.12	School transport costs	3
15.6.13	Compulsory examination fees	4
15.6.14	Foreign language tuition	5
15.6.15	Remedial tuition	5
15.6.16	Summer school costs	6

Division 3: Additional assistance for children overseas – UK and USA

15.6.17	Member this Division applies to	1
15.6.18	...	1
15.6.19	UK – student placement services	1
15.6.20	USA – tuition and tertiary study	2
15.6.21	USA – summer camps	3

Division 4: Education assistance for children overseas – special circumstances

15.6.22	Purpose	1
15.6.23	Education assistance – inadequate facilities	1
15.6.24	Travelling away for school	2
15.6.25	Accompanying a child to begin boarding school	3

Division 5: Education assistance for children in Australia

15.6.26	Purpose	1
15.6.27	Member this Division applies to	1
15.6.28	Entitlement	1
15.6.29	Remedial tuition in Australia	3
15.6.30	Period of reimbursement	3
15.6.31	Approval only in special cases if parent lives with child in Australia	4
15.6.32	Child taken to live at home in Australia	5
15.6.33	...	5

Annex 15.6.A	Benchmark schools	1
	Part 1: Pre-schools	1
	Part 2: Primary schools	3
	Part 3: Secondary schools	5
Annex 15.6.B	Approved summer schools	1

Part 7: Club membership

15.7.1	Purpose	1
15.7.2	Member this Part applies to	1
15.7.3	Entitlements	1
15.7.4	CDF discretion for additional membership costs	2
15.7.5	List of approved clubs	3
15.7.6	Changes to the list of approved clubs	4

Part 8: Death overseas of a member or dependant

15.8.1	Purpose	1
15.8.2	Member this Part applies to	1
15.8.3	Entitlement – funeral costs	1
15.8.4	Continuing entitlements for dependants	2
15.8.5	Entitlement – loss on sale of vehicle	2

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