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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

Yesterday, 17 September 2024, Clinton McKenzie, Herb Ellerbock and I met with Senator Pauline Hanson and her senior advisor Pat Hancock to discuss an amendment to the DFRDB Act and Explanatory Memorandum we had drafted and presented to her. The amendment to the Act:...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

ADFRA – DFRDB Commutation and Indexation

Following our response to last month’s article on DFRDB in Vetaffairs, we considered it important to provide more background to the Commutation and Indexation provisions of the DFRDB Act. We have done that with another video which can be viewed by clicking on this...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

ADFRA – DFRDB UPDATE – JANUARY 2024

Our best wishes to you and your families for a safe and happy 2024. Thanks for your support Ongoing Quest for Fair TreatmentOur quest for fair treatment over our superannuation entitlements is ongoing. We will be in Canberra again next month and will report on the...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

ADFRA – DFRDB UPDATE – OCTOBER 2023

We have remained quiet while the question of the Voice was being addressed, but not idle.Earlier this year, we wrote to Senators and Members of Parliament to again express our concerns, and several forwarded them to the Minister, the Hon Matt Keogh MP and the Shadow...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

DFRDB UPDATE – JULY 2023 (Part 2)

Our SituationFor those seeking an overview of our situation, we have condensed the evidence we compiled in the Reduction of DFRDB Defined Benefits video presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QLJE26TC5I into an email Betrayal of Defence Veterans which we have...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

ADFRA – DFRDB Update – May 2023

Federal Court DecisionMost are already aware that the decision in McKenzie v Commonwealth SuperannuationCorporation [2023] FCA 396 has been handed down by Justice Perry and that the decision did not go our way.First, on behalf of all DFRDB members I want to express...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

ADFRA – The Federal Court Decision

In a word we lost. The Federal Court Decision Summary, Full Text and Orders can be viewed here https://www.adfra.org/ref.php Let me be clear that our fight is far from over.  Clarifying the interpretation of the Commutation provision in the DFRDB Act is...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

DFRDB UPDATE – Federal Court Decision on 2nd May

Justice Perry has confirmed that judgment in Clinton McKenzie’s matter will be delivered tomorrow at 10:00am, in Court Room 18B in the Queens Square Federal Court Building, Sydney.   Members of the public may attend. In addition, the live-stream of...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

DFRDB UPDATE – March 2023

Federal Court Hearing We still don’t have a decision but received this from Justice Perry’s Associate: “Justice Perry is aware that judgment has been outstanding for some time. Unfortunately, while her Honour had intended to address this judgment over the January...

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