Specialist Australian Defence Force personnel will get a bigger
payment when they retire following the Government’s decision to
pay superannuation on specified elements of their allowances.
The change will affect about 3800 highly-skilled ADF personnel
who are trained to undertake frontline responses in war and to
a terrorist incident.
These include members of the Special Air Service, the Tactical
Assault Groups, the Incident Response Regiment, clearance divers,
submariners, pilots and observers.
These personnel receive a special allowance that recognises their
high levels of qualifications and skills and value to the Defence
force.
The move will come into effect when the necessary amendments are
made to the Military Superannuation Benefits Scheme rules and
Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefit regulations.
Defence consulted widely before making this change.
