An independent Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal has agreed to the government’s proposal to grant Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel pay increases of 1.5% a year in return for the loss of some leave entitlements.
In its decision, the tribunal said it had limited powers and had “no discretion to vary the quantum or timing of the agreed increases”.
Assistant defence minister, Stuart Robert, said the pay arrangements applied to more than 70,000 ADF permanent force and reserve members, but those serving on operations would continue to receive additional entitlements.
The Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA), together with its partners in the Alliance of Defence Service Organisations (ADSO) said the increase was insulting saying that the increase is barely half the expected annual inflation rate.
Stay tuned for more details as they come to light.
