Australian Government, Department of Defence

Personnel

	GOPS paves way for pay Defence is reforming ADF pay with a view to retaining existing members and growing the workforce.

	Maintenance crew The RAAF School of Technical Training (RAAFSTT), RAAF Base Wagga, graduated 18 new members into the ADF on Thursday, June 7.

	Effort to bring other ranks into scheme Defence Education Training and Development introduced the ADF Higher Education Advance Standing scheme to allow ADF members to use their Defence education and training to gain access to university courses.

	DFRT is on the case With more work scheduled and six recent cases behind it – two to come into effect later this year the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT) is being kept busy.



	DSCM West two years young The Directorate of Sailors’ and Career Management (DSCM) Fleet Base West (FBW) staff, celebrated their second birthday at DSCM FBW in style, along with personnel from WA home-ported ships and submarines.

	Queens Birthday honours list for Royal Australian Navy

	Call for papers A call for submissions for the 9th International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition running from April 1-3, 2008 in Hamburg, Germany has been published by The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology.