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When a Recipient of a ComSuper or DVA Pension Dies and There is a Surviving Partner

DFWA Policy Objectives 2016 - 2017

The DFWA NSW Branch produced this document to inform
widows and their families of available entitlements.

General Advice for Veterans Receiving Class A or B Invalidity Benefits, in response to AAT ruling (Douglas v ATO, Burns v ATO)

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) funds a broad range of dental treatment to clients (eligible veterans and their dependants) through the DVA dental program. The dental program forms part of a broader suite of healthcare programs funded by…

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…

We’ve all heard that the Australian Public Service’s superannuation schemes are generous, and a look at the budget papers would seem to confirm this, revealing that the Government is spending $14.1 billion on this entitlement. Put another way, public…

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,…