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Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... unfairly reduced. Williamson retired from the Navy in 1982 and was a member of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Scheme. The scheme was open to members of the defence force between 1972 and 1991, at which point it was closed to ...

Another round of consultation for veteran super taxation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... decision found that certain veterans' invalidity pension payments in the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) and Military Superannuation benefits (MSB) schemes are super lump sums for income tax purposes rather than superannuation ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... Douglas decision found that certain veterans' invalidity pension payments in the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) and Military Superannuation benefits (MSB) schemes are super lump sums for income tax purposes rather than superannuation ...

Commonwealth Super mulls platform changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... Superannuation Scheme, Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme, and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB). It is also responsible for pension payments out of two DB schemes that are now closed to new members. Together, members of ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... Defence Forces Retirement Benefits (DFRB) scheme that was closed in 1972 and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) that was closed in 1991. It will work by applying the higher of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Pensioner and Beneficiary ...

MilitarySuper chief executive to stand down

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... role lined up at this stage. On July 1 the MilitarySuper Board merged with the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Authority and the ARIA Board (the trustee of the CSS, PSS and PSSap civilian schemes) to form the $24 billion Commonwealth ...

Military Super CEO resigns, AGEST chief takes over

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... established by the Military Superannuation and Benefits Act 1991. It replaced the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Scheme for new entrants to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) on 1 October 1991, following government initiatives to ...

Delays for Military Super merger

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... continue to act as trustee of the MSB scheme and fund. The Goverment announced plans to merge the Military Super Board, the DFRDB Authority and ARIA board two years ago in October. In February this year, the government introduced a package of bills to ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... (ARIA), the Military Superannuation and Benefits Scheme (MSBS) and the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Scheme (DFRDB) to form a single trustee board on July 2010. ComSuper's current commissioner for superannuation is Leo Bator, the former ...
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