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This leaflet is a guide to the taxation provisions that apply to the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) scheme. In the event of any discrepancy between this leaflet and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act, 1973, or…

The Superannuation Fund Investment Trust was established in 1976 to manage the fund?? of the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme. Our role has been to manage and invest the moneys of the Commonwealth Superannuation Fund which comprises the…

Questions immediately arise as to how the Government or the Parliament for that matter, could apparently find up to $US15Billion of which $US7Billion has now been deposited into the IMF’s “Firewall Fund”; a fund designed to prop up the European…

As most of you are aware the plight of indexation reform for Military and Commonwealth retirees remains unfinished business and I / we hope that 2012 will see a turning point for the better on this front. It is on this basis that I am now writing to…

I refer to Mr. Daryl Dixon’s article in the PS Informant (3rd April 2012, pg 28), where he provides commentary (not least) on the Future Fund and Commonwealth superannuation liabilities.

As readers may or may not be aware, on the 22nd of August 2012 a debate ensued in the Lower House about issues surrounding the ‘Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 ‘. As you or may not know, the Opposition introduced, for consideration,…

As one of the individual respondents who made a submission to the Mathew‟s Review, I must say that I was extremely disappointed by the lack of depth and the superficial analysis presented in the Matthews Report (to be referred to forthwith as „The…

I recently received an unsolicited copy of an article from the Eureka Report covering aspects of the Future Fund s operations and performance since its inception. With
your indulgence, I would like to provide a belated response and critique to not…

Submission by Peter Thornton to the Senate Standing Committee of Finance and Public Administration - The Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Bill 2010

This brief discussion paper attempts to fill the void left by the Matthews’ Review in analyzing the true “net cost” of improved indexation for Commonwealth and Military Superannuation. The analysis is embryonic in nature but provides a plausible…