Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, , 8:53:35 to 8:57:28
Officials explain the timing of pay rises for ADF and APS staff and address concerns regarding reduced allowances for personnel in South Sudan and Europe.
Topics: Government spending, ADF
Speakers: Meghan Quinn, Unknown Speaker, Malcolm Roberts, Justine Greig
>> And ju just chair um Senator Roberts, you asked about the pay rises. Um there is a slight mismatch in pay rises between ADF and APS staff because ADF staff received their pay determinations in uh November and APS staff have previously received their determinations in March. So they're not lined up uh for historical reasons related to APS bargaining. Uh both increases um in 2020 in November 25 and March 26 the APS following the the ADF 3.4% was given. Uh most recent pay rise has been 3% for the A for the ADF. There's been no determination yet through the bargaining about what the APS uh increase would be, but there are arrangements in the framework that if the APS were to achieve a greater bargained outcome than was given to the ADF, then the re the renumeration for ADF would be reconsidered. So the intention is that both move together.
>> Good. Thank you. Could you still uh
>> happy to take the other information historical information
>> graph of the last five years? >> Thank you. Okay. Quickly, what is the current deployment allowance for ADF? people deployed for operation Alan in >> We'll just get the uh >> Justine Greig, Deputy Secretary, Defense People Group to come forward for that one. Senator,
of the defense force that this allowance >> Thank you. That makes sense. The ADF members are primarily serving in the Judah region, JUDA, which is the reason they were given for the reduction. Is the Judah region not one of the most dangerous regions in South Sudan?
>> but it might be best if we take on notice what has happened and why it has changed >> if it has changed.
>> Thank you. And if you could also take on notice why why did the assessment for this take place?
>> Correct. Yeah.
going to a similar issue, what is the classification of service for ADF members in Europe serving near the Ukraine Russia conflict? >> So again um very familiar with this issue but we are best to give you senator the different um allowance structure as they pertain to the classification of the particular operation. Okay. And if you could give me the ADF members, what allowances the ADF members are entitled to under that classification. >> Yes. In a >> And if you could tell me how how it stacks up against other deployments of a similar nature across the world and and
Uh we may need to narrow that question in in terms of comparisons to other
>> No. In terms of other operations. >> Australian operations.