| June 2008 |
DFWA
submission to the inquiry being conducted by the Defence Sub-Committee
of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
into “claims for compensation from former F-111 deseal/reseal workers
including the Commonwealth’s response to the health and support needs of
former F-111 Deseal/Reseal workers and their families.”
The
issues revolve around an employer’s long term responsibilities for the
occupational health and safety of employees. |
| May 2008 |
DFWA
Submission to the Review of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003
|
| September 2007 |
Press Statement
DFWA's
response to the Prime Minister's announcement on disability pensions
|
| September 2007 |
Press Statement
DFWA's
response to ALP's announcements on indexation of disabled veterans' and war widows' pensions. |
| September 2007 |
Press Statement
on the taxation of MSBS lump sums. Readers should be aware
that the Assistant Treasurer later confirmed that the Government will be
amending the relevant regulations. |
| September 2007 |
Press Statement
Vietnam Veteran Family Study:
response to announcement by
the Minister for Veteran’s Affairs. |
| August 2007 |
Submission by ESOs
to politicians following a meeting of National Presidents on 13 August
2007 |
| July 2007 |
Submission to the Senate Community
Affairs Committee's Inquiry into cost of living pressures on older
Australians
explains why simple CPI indexation does not maintain living standards of
military pensioners |
| June 2007 |
Press Release from National Office re Indexation of Pensions
"Servicemen Super
Suckers -
All Australian
ex-service men and women who depend on military superannuation are about
to be advised that their anticipated half-yearly pension increase will
not happen." |
| June 2007 |
Submission to the
Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration's
Inquiry into the provisions of the
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Bill 2007,
focusing on the long awaited reduction to 3 years of the qualifying
period for the reversionary spouse benefit pension |
| May 2007 |
Press Statement
National Office response to
2007-08 Budget |
| May 2007 |
Press Statement
ALP Veterans' Policy
Announcement Supported re Disability Indexation |
| March 2007 |
Submission to
the Military Superannuation Review by National Office and associated
detailed
Submission by NSW Branch |
| March 2007 |
Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence
and Trade Inquiry on Peacekeeping |
| February
2007 |
Media Release - response to Senate Economics Committee Report |
| January
2007 |
Letter to Senate Economics Committee |
| December
2006 |
Media Release
re Simpler Super |
| October
2006 |
Letter
supporting the Lonergan Submission. |
| October 2006 |
SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE STANDING
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE re:
Inquiry into the Provisions of the
Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Bill; and
…….the (consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2006
By
John P (Jack) Lonergan OBE, BSc
(Hons 1, Physics), MSc (Nuclear Physics), BA (Logic and Philosophy), PhD
(philosophical foundations of physics).
Formerly RAAF radar mechanic WW11;
Defence Research Scientist; Science Adviser to the Navy; Superintending
Research Scientist, Dept of Defence; Head, Science Branch, Dept of
Education and Science; Deputy Secretary and Acting Secretary, Department
of Science; Vice-Chairman, OECD Committee for Scientific and
Technological Policy.
|
| August 2006 |
Submission on A
Plan for Simpler Super |
| |
SCOA's Pre-Budget Submission to the Commonwealth Government for
the 2006-7 Budget |
| October 2005 |
Letter
from SCOA and RFDWA to Victorian politicians about indexation
and the Future Fund |
| October 2005 |
Press Release: Regular Defence Force and
Commonwealth Public Service retirees reviewed their long struggle for
pension equity at meeting in Frankston Arts Centre on 12 October
|
| May
2005 |
Joint Submission to Defence Force Remuneration
Tribunal |
|
August
2004 |
The
Clarke Report:
Response to the Report of the Review of Veterans' Entitlements |
|
November
2003 |
Nunn
Review: RDFWA Commentary |
