{"id":"F2023L01056","name":"Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 8)","slug":"defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442028,"registerId":"F2023L01056-fast-fetch-1775957157916","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 8)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n\n \n\n \n\nDefence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 8)\n\nI, MICHAEL IAN MCCULLOCH, Assistant Secretary, People Policy and Employment Conditions, make the following Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\nDated 31 July 2023\n\nMichael Ian McCulloch\n\nActing Assistant Secretary People Policy and Employment Conditions Defence People Group\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Higher duties allowance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 2—District allowance, trainee’s dependant allowance and Army dental officer professional development scheme amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 3—Short absence amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 4—Puckapunyal housing trial amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 5—Education assistance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 6—Travel and meal allowance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 7—Deployment allowance and additional risk insurance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 8—Miscellaneous amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\nSchedule 9—Transitional provisions\n\n \n\n1 Name\n\nThis instrument is the Defence Determination, Conditions of service Amendment Determination 2023 (No. 8).\n\n2 Commencement\n\n1. Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. Sections 1 to 4 The day the instrument is registered.\n- 2. Schedules 1 to 5 3 August 2023\n- 3. Schedule 6 12 October 2023\n- 4. Schedules 7 to 9 3 August 2023\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n \n\n2. Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis instrument is made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.\n\n4 Schedules\n\nEach instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Higher duties allowance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Before section 4.1.1 |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Insert: |\n\n\n#### Division 1: General provisions\n\n- 2 Section 4.1.2\n- Insert:\n- A salary non-reduction arrangement means one of the following.\n- a. The member’s salary rate has been preserved under Division 5 to Part 2 of Chapter 3.Note: Division 5 of Part 2 of Chapter 3 provides the way a member's salary rate can be preserved for a period when it would otherwise be reduced.\n- b. The member’s salary rate has been set under Division 4A of Part 2 of Chapter 3.Note: Division 4A of Part 2 of Chapter 3 provides the increment placement, progression and transfer through the Officer Aviation Pay Structure for an Officer Aviation member.\n- c. The member’s salary rate has been set under section B.2.5 of DFRT Determination 2 of 2017.Note: Section B.2.5 sets the salary rate for an officer who held an enlisted rank immediately before becoming an officer.\n- 3 Section 4.1.4 (heading)\n- Repeal the heading, substitute:\n\n\n##### 4.1.4 Member this Part does not apply to\n\n- 4 Paragraph 4.1.4.a\n- After “undergoing”, insert “recategorisation”.\n- 5 Paragraph 4.1.4.b\n- Repeal the paragraph, substitute:\n- b. A member who is paid salary under the Officer Aviation Specialist Structure.\n- ba. A member in the Specialist Pathway or Stream of the Officer Aviation Pay Structure.Note: An Officer Aviation member in another pathway/non-specialist pathway may be eligible for higher duties allowance under this Part.\n- 6 Before section 4.1.5\n- Insert:\n\n\n#### Division 2: Eligibility\n\n- 7 Subsection 4.1.5.1\n- After “approver is satisfied of”, insert “all”.\n- 8 After paragraph 4.1.5.1.d\n- Insert:\n- e. If the member is in the Reserves, that they are performing the majority of their work in the higher duties role.\n- 9 Section 4.1.6\n- Repeal the section, substitute:\n\n\n##### 4.1.6 Rate of higher duties allowance\n\n| 1. | The rate of higher duties allowance that applies to the member is the rate set out in Division 3. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | If a member is eligible for more than one rate of higher duties allowance on a day, the member is to be paid the higher rate for that day. |\n| 10 | After section 4.1.7 |\n| | Insert: |\n\n\n#### Division 3: Rate of higher duties allowance\n\n##### 4.1.8 Higher duties position within member’s pay schedule\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who meets all of the following.\n- a. They are not eligible for a rate of higher duties allowance set under another section in this Division.\n- b. They are directed to perform duties of a position that is normally performed by a member at a higher rank that attracts a salary from within the same schedule that applies to the member under DFRT Determination 2 of 2017.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance is the difference between the following rates of salary.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. The lowest rate of salary payable to a member holding one rank higher than the member in the same pay grade.\n\n\n##### 4.1.9 Higher duties position outside member’s pay schedule\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who meets all of the following.\n- a. They are not eligible for a rate of higher duties allowance set under another section in this Division.\n- b. They are directed to perform duties of a position that is normally performed by a member at a higher rank that attracts a salary from outside the pay schedule that applies to the member under DFRT Determination 2 of 2017.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance is 5% of the salary payable to the member.\n\n\n##### 4.1.10 Higher duties within the Officer Aviation Pay Structure\n\n- 1. This section applies to an officer aviation member who is directed to perform higher duties.Note: Section 4.1.4 provides that aviation specialists and officer aviation members in the specialist pathway are not eligible for higher duties allowance.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member, inclusive of any salary non-reduction arrangement.\n- b. The lowest rate of salary for the member’s competency stream within one of the pathways that would apply if the member were to be promoted to one rank above their current rank.\n\n\n##### 4.1.11 Higher duties within the specialist career structure\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who is paid a salary under schedules B.5, B.6, B.7 or B.8 of DFRT Determination 2 of 2017 and is directed to perform higher duties.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance is one of the following.\n- a. If the higher duties are within the member’s specialisation — the difference between the following rates.\n- i. The salary payable to the member.\n- ii. The lowest rate of salary for the member’s competency level at the next rank.\n- b. If the higher duties are outside the member’s specialisation — 5% of the salary payable to the member.\n\n\n##### 4.1.12 Member performing duties of a Warrant Officer Class 1\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who holds the rank of a Warrant Officer Class 2 and is directed to perform the duties of a Warrant Officer Class 1.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. The lowest rate of salary for a Warrant Officer Class 1 for the member’s pay grade.\n\n\n##### 4.1.13 Member to which salary non‑reduction applies\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who a salary non-reduction arrangements apply to.\n- 2. This section does not apply to a member who meets one of the following.\n- a. They are an officer aviation member. Note: Section 4.1.10 applies to an officer aviation member.\n- b. They are an officer who held an enlisted rank immediately before becoming an officer.Note: Section 4.1.14 applies to an officer who held an enlisted rank immediately before becoming an officer.\n- 3. The rate of higher duties allowance is 5% of the salary payable to the member.\n\n\n##### 4.1.14 Member who held an enlisted rank immediately before becoming an officer\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who held an enlisted rank immediately before becoming an officer.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance is one of the following.\n- a. If the member’s salary, inclusive of any non-reduction arrangement, is less than the lowest rate of salary payable under DFRT Determination 2 of 2017 to a member holding one rank higher than a member in the same pay grade or transitional salary rate — the difference between the following.\n- i. The salary payable to the member.\n- ii. The lowest rate of salary payable to a member holding one rank higher than the member in the same pay grade.\n- b. If the member meets one of the following — 5% of the salary payable to the member.\n- i. Their salary, inclusive of any non-reduction arrangement, is more than the lowest rate of salary payable under DFRT Determination 2 of 2017 to a member holding one rank higher than a member in the same pay grade or transitional salary rate.\n- ii. They hold the rank of Captain and are paid under Schedule B.4 of DFRT Determination 2 of 2017.Note: Schedule B.4 applies to other rank members who held the rank of Sergeant or above immediately before becoming an officer on or before 30 June 2015.\n\n\n##### 4.1.15 Member performing duties of a corporal – Army\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who is directed to perform the duties at the rank of corporal and meets all of the following.\n- a. They are in the Army.\n- b. One of the following applies.\n- i. They hold the rank of private.\n- ii. They hold the proficiency of private proficient.\n- 2. The rate higher duties allowance is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. The lowest rate of salary payable to a member holding the rank of corporal at their same paygrade.\n\n\n##### 4.1.16 Member performing duties of a Brigadier or higher\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who is directed to perform the duties of a position normally performed by a member holding the rank of Brigadier or higher.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance for a member holding the rank of Colonel directed to perform the duties of a Brigadier or a member at the rank of Brigadier directed to perform the duties of a Major General is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. The lowest rate of salary payable to the member under section 3.2.20 if promoted one rank higher.\n- 3. The rate of higher duties allowance for a member holding the rank of Major General acting as a Lieutenant General is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. The base salary component of pay point 1 in Schedule B.1 Part 3 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017.\n\n\n##### 4.1.17 Member performing duties of an APS employee or foreign military force position\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member directed to perform one of the following.\n- a. The duties of an APS position with an SES classification which has been assessed as higher duties.\n- b. The duties of a position that is normally performed by a higher rank in a position in a foreign military force.\n- 2. The rate of higher duties allowance for a member performing the duties of an SES Band 1, 2 or 3 position is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. One of the following.\n- i. If the member is performing the duties of an SES Band 1 position — the lowest rate of salary payable to a member holding the rank of Brigadier.\n- ii. If the member is performing the duties of an SES Band 2 position — the lowest rate of salary payable to a member holding the rank of Major General.\n- iii. If the member is performing the duties of an SES Band 3 position — the base salary component of pay point 1 in Schedule B.1 Part 3 of DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017.\n- 3. The rate of higher duties allowance for a member performing the duties of an APS position not described in subsection 2 or a position in a military force is the difference between the following.\n- a. The salary payable to the member.\n- b. The rate of salary that would apply to the member if they were one rank higher than their rank in the ADF.\n- 4. In this section, SES means Senior Executive Service.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 2—District allowance, trainee’s dependant allowance and Army dental officer professional development scheme amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Subsection 4.4.11.2 (table item 2) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the item, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| 2. | meets both of the following:
a. They have accompanied resident family.
b. The accompanied resident family stays at the remote location for the duration of the member’s absence. | more than 30 days. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n \n\n| 2 | Subsection 4.4.11.2 (table item 3) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “duty is in another”, substitute “duty in another”. |\n| 3 | Paragraph 4.8.6.1.a |\n| | Omit “$42,255.20”, substitute “$45,905.60”. |\n| 4 | Subsection 4.8.29.2 |\n| | Omit “2023”, substitute “2026”. |\n\nSchedule 3—Short absence amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n- 1 After paragraph 5.11.10B.b\n- Insert:\n- c. They are not on another type of short absence under this Part.\n- 2 Section 5.11.20\n- Repeal the section, substitute:\n\n\n##### 5.11.20 Limitations\n\n- A short absence under this Division cannot be taken on any of the following days.\n- a. A weekend.\n- b. A public holiday.\n- c. A day on which the member is taking a full day of leave.\n- 3 Subsection 5.11.23.3\n- Repeal the subsection.\n- 4 Subsection 5.11.27.2\n- Repeal the subsection.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 4—Puckapunyal housing trial amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n- 1 Paragraph 1.3.10.e\n- Repeal the paragraph, substitute:\n- e. An area approved for a member participating in the flexible housing trial under section 7.1.15.\n- 2 Paragraph 6.5.5.g\n- Repeal the paragraph.\n- 3 Section 7.1.14 (definition of Puckapunyal housing trial member)\n- Repeal the definition.\n- 4 Section 7.1.17\n- Repeal the section.\n- 5 Paragraph 7.6.34.2.f\n- Repeal the paragraph, substitute:\n- f. The member is a flexible housing trial member under section 7.1.15 and the home is not suitable for the purpose for which their posting location was extended.\n- 6 Paragraph 7.8.9.3A.d\n- Repeal the paragraph.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 5—Education assistance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Subsection 8.4.10.3 |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “$112”, substitute “$118”. |\n| 2 | Subsection 8.4.11.3 (table) |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
Condition | Column B
Maximum limit |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | The child has studied the subject before and the subject is offered at the new school. | $1,644 |\n| 2. | The child has not studied the subject before and the subject is offered at the new school. | $3,052 |\n| 3. | The child meets both of the following and the subject is not offered at the new school.
a. The child is in Year 10, 11 or 12.
b. The child needs to study the subject, as it is essential to their career aims. | $6,105 |\n\n\n \n\n| 3 | Subsection 8.4.14.3 |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “$112”, substitute “$118”. |\n| 4 | Subsection 8.4.14.4 |\n| | Omit “$826”, substitute “$864”. |\n| 5 | Subsection 8.4.14.5 |\n| | Omit “$32,432”, substitute “$33,683”. |\n| 6 | Subsection 8.4. 14.5A |\n| | Omit “$403”, substitute “$422”. |\n| 7 | Subsection 8.4.21.1 (Repeal) |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n- Item Column APurpose Column BMaximum reimbursement Column CContribution\n- 1. Compulsory tuition fees. $33,683 The higher of the following.a. $422.b. The amount equal to the contribution they would normally have incurred for their child’s continued attendance at that school.\n- 2. If in boarding school or a commercial establishment, the cost of board. $29,375 Either of the following.a. For the first year of boarding — $3,191.b. For every other year of boarding — $3,606.\n- 3. If accommodated privately, the cost of board $17,650\n\n\n \n\n| 8 | Subsection 8.4.25.1 |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “$440”, substitute “$467”. |\n| 9 | Subsection 15.6.11.2 (table) |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
School level | Column B
Annual contribution in AUD |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | Pre-school | 563 |\n| 2. | Primary school | 192 |\n| 3. | Secondary school | 448 |\n| 4. | Junior college (or similar institution in the USA) | 448 |\n\n\n \n\n| 10 | Paragraph 15.6.26.2.b |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “AUD 32,432”, substitute “AUD 33,683”. |\n| 11 | Paragraph 15.6.26.3.a |\n| | Omit “AUD 184”, substitute “AUD 192”. |\n| 12 | Paragraph 15.6.26.3.b |\n| | Omit “AUD 428”, substitute “AUD 448”. |\n| 13 | Subparagraph 15.6.27.2.a.ii |\n| | Omit “AUD 27,845”, substitute “AUD 29,375”. |\n| 14 | Subparagraph 15.6.27.2.b.ii |\n| | Omit “AUD 17,345”, substitute “AUD 17,650”. |\n| 15 | Subparagraph 15.6.27.3.a.i |\n| | Omit “AUD 2,944”, substitute “AUD 3,191”. |\n| 16 | Subparagraph 15.6.27.3.a.ii |\n| | Omit “AUD 3,345”, substitute “AUD 3,606”. |\n| 17 | Paragraph 15.6.27.3.b |\n| | Omit “AUD 3,232”, substitute “AUD 3,606”. |\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 6—Travel and meal allowance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Section 4.5.9 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
Meal period | Column B
Rate ($) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | breakfast | 28.75 |\n| 2. | lunch under paragraph 4.5.6.1.d | 13.20 |\n| 3. | any other lunch | 32.80 |\n| 4. | dinner | 56.60 |\n\n\n \n\n| 2 | Subsection 7.5.24.2 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
Meal period | Column B
Capital cities and high‑cost country centres
($) | Column C
Other locations
($) |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | breakfast | 32.10 | 28.75 |\n| 2. | lunch | 36.10 | 32.80 |\n| 3. | dinner | 61.50 | 56.60 |\n\n\n \n\n| 3 | Subsection 7.5.24.3 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
Meal period | Column B
Capital cities and high‑cost country centres
($) | Column C
Other locations
($) |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | breakfast | 16.05 | 14.40 |\n| 2. | lunch | 18.05 | 16.40 |\n| 3. | dinner | 30.75 | 28.30 |\n\n\n \n\n| 4 | Subsection 9.5.10.2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “$54.95”, substitute “$59.10”. |\n| 5 | Subparagraph 9.5.20.2.d.ii |\n| | Omit “$10.30”, substitute “$11.50”. |\n| 6 | Paragraph 9.5.22.2.c |\n| | Omit “$72.10”, substitute “$80.50”. |\n| 7 | Subsection 9.5.39.2 (table item 5, column C) |\n| | Omit “$74.55”, substitute “$80.50”. |\n| 8 | Section 9.5.40 |\n| | Repeal the section, substitute: |\n\n\n##### 9.5.40 Keeping accommodation while living in on temporary duty\n\n- 1. This section applies to a member who has no resident family and meets all of the following.\n- a. They live out at their housing benefit location.\n- b. For Service reasons, they must live in during the travel period at a location that is not their housing benefit location.\n- c. They occupy living-in accommodation for a continuous period of more than 21 days.\n- 2. The member is eligible for the reimbursement of the reasonable cost of keeping their accommodation in their housing benefit location for the period beyond 21 days.Note: This includes the reasonable cost of caretaking or maintenance of any grounds.\n- 9 Subsection 9.5.41.2 (table item 3, column C)\n- Omit “$74.55”, substitute “$80.50”.\n- 10 Annex 9.5.A Part 1 (table)\n- Repeal the table, substitute:\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
Location | Column B
Brigadier or higher
($) | Column C
Colonel or lower
($) |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | Adelaide | 211.00 | 158.00 |\n| 2. | Brisbane | 241.00 | 181.00 |\n| 3. | Canberra | 237.00 | 178.00 |\n| 4. | Darwin
(April to November) | 379.00 | 284.00 |\n| 5. | Darwin
(December to March) | 223.00 | 167.00 |\n| 6. | Hobart | 235.00 | 176.00 |\n| 7. | Melbourne | 231.00 | 173.00 |\n| 8. | Perth | 220.00 | 165.00 |\n| 9. | Sydney | 228.00 | 171.00 |\n| 10. | High-cost country centres | See Part 2 | See Part 2 |\n| 11. | Medium-cost country centres (see Part 3) | 207.00 | 155.00 |\n| 12. | Other country centres | 188.00 | 141.00 |\n\n\n \n\n| 11 | Annex 9.5.A Part 2 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n- Column ALocation Column BRate ($)\n- New South Wales\n- Armidale 165.50\n- Bourke 183.50\n- Broken Hill 161.00\n- Cooma 176.00\n- Deniliquin 166.50\n- Dubbo 169.50\n- Gosford 160.50\n- Goulburn 171.00\n- Grafton 176.00\n- Griffith 158.50\n- Gunnedah 173.50\n- Inverell 161.00\n- Leeton 164.50\n- Lismore 162.50\n- Maitland 186.50\n- Mudgee 188.00\n- Newcastle 195.00\n- Nowra 168.00\n- Orange 201.50\n- Port Macquarie 190.00\n- Wagga Wagga 176.50\n- Wollongong 180.50\n- Northern Territory\n- Alice Springs (April to November) 205.50\n- Alice Springs (December to March) 207.00\n- Katherine (April to November) 228.00\n- Katherine (December to March) 241.50\n- Yulara (April to November) 677.50\n- Yulara (December to March) 569.50\n- Queensland\n- Bundaberg 183.50\n- Cairns 175.00\n- Charters Towers 176.00\n- Dalby 201.00\n- Emerald 179.00\n- Gladstone 170.50\n- Gold Coast 193.50\n- Hervey Bay 175.00\n- Kingaroy 188.50\n- Mackay 165.50\n- Mount Isa 184.50\n- Nambour 162.50\n- Rockhampton 173.50\n- Roma 182.00\n- Thursday Island 322.50\n- Toowoomba 160.50\n- Townsville 174.00\n- Warwick 161.50\n- Weipa 238.00\n- South Australia\n- Border Town 164.00\n- Ceduna 159.50\n- Mount Gambier 164.00\n- Whyalla 167.00\n- Wilpena Pound 222.50\n- Tasmania\n- Burnie 178.00\n- Devonport 160.50\n- Launceston 173.50\n- Victoria\n- Ararat 159.00\n- Bairnsdale 182.50\n- Ballarat 186.50\n- Benalla 167.50\n- Bendigo 163.50\n- Bright 180.00\n- Castlemaine 161.50\n- Geelong 175.00\n- Hamilton 169.50\n- Horsham 164.50\n- Mildura 166.00\n- Portland 167.50\n- Seymour 169.00\n- Shepparton 166.50\n- Swan Hill 181.00\n- Wangaratta 185.50\n- Warrnambool 167.50\n- Wonthaggi 187.50\n- Western Australia\n- Albany 193.00\n- Broome 173.00\n- Bunbury 177.50\n- Carnarvon 169.50\n- Dampier 169.00\n- Derby 192.00\n- Esperance 180.00\n- Exmouth 214.00\n- Geraldton 160.50\n- Halls Creek 158.50\n- Kalgoorlie 181.00\n- Karratha 223.00\n- Katanning 232.00\n- Mount Magnet 158.50\n- Newman 270.50\n- Northam 213.50\n- Wyndham 210.50\n- External Australian Territory\n- Christmas Island (WA) 217.50\n- Horn Island (QLD) 345.00\n- Norfolk Island 202.50\n\n\n \n\n| 12 | Annex 9.5.A Part 3 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Medium-cost country centres |\n| --- |\n| New South Wales |\n| Albury |\n| Bathurst |\n| Coffs Harbour |\n| Moree |\n| Narrabri |\n| Tamworth |\n| Tumut |\n| Queensland |\n| Ayr |\n| Innisfail |\n| South Australia |\n| Naracoorte |\n| Port Augusta |\n| Port Pirie |\n| Victoria |\n| Echuca |\n| Sale |\n| Western Australia |\n| Kununurra |\n\n\n \n\n| 13 | Annex 9.5.A Part 4 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n| Item | Column A
Location | Column B
Breakfast
($) | Column C
Lunch
($) | Column D
Dinner
($) | Column E
Incidentals
($) |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | Capital cities and high-cost country centres | 32.10 | 36.10 | 61.50 | 23.00 |\n| 2. | Medium-cost country centres and other country centres | 28.75 | 32.80 | 56.60 | 23.00 |\n\n\n \n\n| 14 | Annex 9.5.B Part 2 (table) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n- Item Column AAccommodation Column BCondition Column CRate($)\n- 1. A boarding house, hotel or motel where the tariff is not all inclusive Cooking facilities are not provided 907.90\n- Cooking facilities are provided 508.42\n- 2. Rental accommodation - 508.42\n\n\n \n\n| 15 | Subsection 15.2A.27.3 (formula) |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “33.25”, substitute “35.65”. |\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 7—Deployment allowance and additional risk insurance amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n| 1 | Subsection 4.10.4.1A |\n| --- | --- |\n| | Omit “$2,715”, substitute “$2,758”. |\n| 2 | Subsection 17.7.6.1 |\n| | Repeal the table, substitute: |\n\n\n \n\n- Item Column AOperation Column BSpecified area Column CDaily rate of allowance(AUD)\n- 1. ACCORDION Bahrain, Qatar and United Arab Emirates 98.74\n- 2. ASLAN South Sudan 181.22\n- 3. AUGURY Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria 181.22\n- JordanUnited Arab Emirates 98.74\n- 4. FORTITUDE Egypt, Israel and Jordan 98.74\n- Lebanon 153.98\n- Syria 181.22\n- 5. LILIA The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of the Solomon Islands 98.06\n- 6. LITTEN Libyan territorial waters 153.98\n- 7. MANITOU The seas and superjacent airspace of:a. the Arabian Sea;b. the Gulf of Aden;c. the Gulf of Aqaba;d. the Gulf of Oman;e. the Gulf of Suez;f. the Persian Gulf;g. the Red Sea; andh. the Indian Ocean north of Latitude 15 degrees South and west of Longitude 70 degrees East.This includes the ports adjacent and the area within a 10 kilometre radius of each port. 98.74\n- 8. MAZURKA Egypt between the east bank of the Suez Canal and the international boundary between Egypt and Israel established by the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel signed in Washington on 26 March 1979, and an adjoining area extending 5km into Israel. 153.98\n- 9. OKRA Iraq and Syria 181.22\n- Any of the following.a. the Kingdom of Bahrain;b. Cyprus;c. the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan;d. Kuwait;e. the Persian Gulf;f. the State of Qatar;g. the United Arab Emirates; andh. the land territory of Türkiye east of Longitude 35° East. 98.74\n- 10. ORENDA The land territory and superjacent airspace of Mali 181.22\n- 11. PALADIN Egypt, Israel, Jordan 98.74\n- Lebanon 153.98\n- Syria 181.22\n- 12. STEADFAST Iraq 181.22\n- 13. Any other operation in accordance with subsection 17.7.5.2 Not applicable. A rate approved by the Minister for Defence that is between 57.06 and 271.85.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 8—Miscellaneous amendments\n\nDefence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service\n\n- 1 Section 1.3.1 (definition of adult child)\n- After “Immediately before turning 21 years old”, insert “,”.\n- 2 Paragraph 1.3.10.f\n- Repeal the paragraph.\n- 3 Subparagraph 1.3.14.c.ii\n- Omit “unaccompanied”, substitute “accompanied”.\n- 4 Paragraph 1.3.30.b\n- Omit “primary service location and”.\n- 5 Subparagraph 3.3.15.1.a.i\n- Repeal the subparagraph, substitute:\n- i. They believe the member is in a workgroup that is critical, or at risk of being critical, to capability.\n- 6 Subdivision 1 of Division 1 of Part 4 of Chapter 3 (heading)\n- Omit “Sub-division 1”, substitute “Subdivision 1”.\n- 7 Section 3.4.1\n- Omit “the both”, substitute “all”.\n- 8 Paragraph 3.4.6.4.b\n- Omit “receive”, substitute “receives”.\n- 9 Subdivision 3 of Division 1 of Part 4 of Chapter 3 (heading)\n- Omit “Sub-division 3”, substitute “Subdivision 3”.\n- 11 Subsection 3.4.12.2\n- Omit “3.4.2.1” (wherever occurring), substitute “3.4.5.1,”.\n- 10 Subsection 3.4.12.3 (second occurring)\n- Omit “3. If”, substitute “4. If”.\n- 12 Subsection 3.4.13 (note)\n- Omit “3.3.14”, substitute “3.4.14”.\n- 13 Subsection 5.5.17.3 (table item 6)\n- Omit the see note.\n- 14 Subsection 5.5.17.3\n- Omit:\n- “1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 20 hours a week1 to 31 March 2011 was non-effective service\n- 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 30 hours a week”\n- 15 Subsection 5.5.17.3 (table second occurring)\n- Repeal the table.\n- 16 Paragraph 5.9.12.3.a (note)\n- Omit the note.\n- 17 Section 5.11.31 (second occurring)\n- Renumber as section 5.11.32.\n- 18 Section 6.5.33 (heading)\n- Omit “Posting changed or cancelled”, substitute “Primary service location changed”.\n- 19 Paragraph 6.5.33.1\n- Repeal the subsection, substitute:\n- 1. This section applies to a member if all of the following occur.\n- a. A removal to the member’s housing benefit location has occurred.\n- b. The member’s primary service location is changed due to Service reasons.\n- 20 Paragraph 6.5A.11.3.a\n- Before “first vehicle”, insert “the”.\n- 21 Subsection 7.3.23.3\n- Repeal the subsection, substitute:\n- 3. As the member cannot make an eligible purchase in the locations listed in subsection 2 the following apply.\n- b. There is no requirement to sell a home in their old location while on posting to one of these locations.\n- c. The 2-year period for selling a home starts on the date of issue of their next official written notice of posting to another location.\n- d. If the next posting location is one listed in subsection 2, the time limit extends again.\n- 22 Section 7.5.3\n- Repeal the section, substitute:\n\n\n##### 7.5.3 Definitions – SAFE scheme\n\n- In this Part the following apply in relation to the SAFE scheme.\n- Member includes any person eligible for a benefit under subsection 7.5.6.3.Note: This has the effect of extending the benefits in this Part to a person granted accommodation under the SAFE scheme.\n- The SAFE scheme means a scheme that provides emergency assistance for persons who cannot remain in their home due to a domestic crisis that may be happening or be threatened.\n- 23 Subsection 7.5.11.2\n- Omit “Defence Housing Australia Regional Operations Manager”, substitute “Toll Transitions Case Manager”.\n- 24 Subsection 7.8.19.2 (formula)\n- Omit the formula, substitute:\n- start formula rent allowance equals rent minus A end formula\n- Where:\n- A is the member’s contribution set out in Division 3.\n- 25 Section 9.2.15 (table item 2)\n- Repeal the item, substitute:\n\n\n \n\n| 2. | travels alone by air as the most economical means | a. may have their baggage limit increased by:
i. up to 3 pieces for journeys to or from Darwin; between a remote location and the nearest capital city; or between a place in an external territory and a place in Australia.
ii. 1 piece for any other journey.
b. is eligible for reasonable costs for accommodation and meals.
c. is eligible for reasonable door-to-door travel costs. |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\n\n \n\n- 26 Paragraph 9.2.21.1.b\n- Repeal the paragraph, substitute:\n- b. A family benefit location.\n- 27 Paragraph 9.4.30.5.a (exception)\n- Repeal the exception.\n- 28 Subsection 15.2A.3.2\n- Omit “either”, substitute “any”.\n- 29 Section 15.2A.11\n- Repeal the section, substitute:\n\n\n##### 15.2A.11 Eligibility for cost of living adjustment\n\n| 1. | A member is eligible for a cost of living adjustment for the duration of the posting period overseas. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The member is not eligible for a cost of living adjustment if the member’s post index is 100 or less. |\n| 30 | Subsection 15.2A.12.1 (exception) |\n| | Repeal the exception. |\n| 31 | Subsection 15.3.4 |\n| | Repeal the section, substitute: |\n\n\n##### 15.3.4 Travel for short-term duty while on long-term posting\n\n| | This Division apples to a member who is on a long-term posting overseas and is required to undertake short-term duty to travel between or within overseas countries. |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n##### 15.3.4A Member this Division does not apply to\n\n| | This Division does not apply to a member who is undertaking service with the United Nations under Chapter 12 Part 4. |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n##### 15.3.4B Benefits while on short-term duty\n\n| | A member on short-term duty while on a long-term posting overseas is eligible for benefits provided under Chapter 13. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 32 | Section 15.4.8 |\n| | Repeal the section, substitute: |\n\n\n##### 15.4.8 Costs incurred under terms of occupancy\n\n- A member who is required to pay any of the following under the terms and conditions of their lease is eligible for an amount that is equal to the amount of those payments.\n- a. Property taxes.\n- b. Other council payments.\n- 33 Subsection 15.5.20.1\n- Repeal the subsection, substitute:\n- 1. This section applies to an eligible person authorised to travel under this Division who is not an in-patient at a hospital.\n- 34 Paragraph 17.7.7.b (exception)\n- Repeal the exception, substitute:\n- Note: Subsection 17.7.8.3 applies if a member leaves the specified area for a reason which is not related to the deployment.\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nSchedule 9—Transitional provisions\n\n##### 1 Definitions\n\n| | In this Schedule, Defence Determination means Defence Determination 2016/19, Conditions of service. |\n| --- | --- |\n\n\n##### 2 District allowance\n\n| 1. | This clause applies to a member who would have been eligible for district allowance during a period of temporary duty had the change made by item 1 of Schedule 2 applied between 1 July 2023 and the commencement of this Determination. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The member is eligible for district allowance under section 4.4.11 of the Defence Determination while on temporary duty as though the change in item 1 Schedule 2 was in force at the time. |\n\n\n##### 3 Continuation of the Army dental officer professional development scheme\n\n| 1. | This clause applies to a member who met the conditions set out in subsection 4.8.29.1 of the Defence Determination, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Determination, between 1 July 2023 and the commencement of this Determination. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The member is eligible for the benefits provided by Chapter 4 Part 8 Division 6 of the Defence Determination as though the changes made by item 4 Schedule 2 had been in force at the time. |\n\n\n##### 2 Puckapunyal Housing trial\n\n- 1. This clause applies to a member who was a Puckapunyal housing trial member as defined in section 7.1.17 of the Defence Determination, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Determination.\n- 2. The member is a flexible housing trial member as defined under section 7.1.15 of the Defence Determination, as in force from time to time.\n- 3. Paragraph 7.8.9.3A.d of the Defence Determination, as in force before the commencement of this Determination, continues to apply to the member as though it had not been repealed by item 4 Schedule 3.\n- 4. This clause ceases to apply to the member on the earlier of the following.\n- a. The day the member ceases to meet the criteria of subsection 7.1.17.2 of the Defence Determination, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Determination.\n- b. The day the member’s housing benefit location changes.\n\n\n##### 5 Additional Risk Insurance\n\n| 1. | This clause applies to a member who would have been eligible for additional risk insurance under section 4.10.4 of the Defence Determination between 25 May 2023 and the commencement of this Determination. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The member is eligible for the reimbursement of the additional risk premium for life insurance as set out in item 1 Schedule 7 as though it were in force at the time. |\n| 3. | The benefit under subclause 5.2 is reduced by any amount of reimbursement of the additional risk premium for life insurance the member received during the period set out in clause 5.1. |\n\n\n##### 6 Deployment Allowance\n\n| 1. | This clause applies to a member who would have been eligible for payment of deployment allowance under section 17.7.6 of the Defence Determination, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Determination, between 25 May 2023 and the commencement of this Determination. |\n| --- | --- |\n| 2. | The member is eligible for the daily rate of deployment allowance payable for the specified area set out in item 2 Schedule 7 for each day the member performed duty in the specified area. |\n| 3. | The benefit under subclause 6.2 is reduced by any amount of deployment allowance the member received during the period set out in clause 6.1. |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendments do not materially broaden the Determination’s subject‑matter scope. They primarily reorganise higher‑duties rules, clarify eligibility, and update monetary rates and locality tables. They also convert a specific Puckapunyal trial reference into a more general flexible housing trial framing and add transitional protection for certain periods. Those are refinements and rate/categorical adjustments within the existing framework rather than an expansion into new policy domains."},"complexity_factors":["9 separate schedules amending a long principal instrument (Defence Determination 2016/19)","Extensive cross-referencing to DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017 (pay schedules and salary points)","Insertion of a new multi-section higher duties regime (Division 1–3 with sections 4.1.8–4.1.17) with many conditional branches","Numerous numeric updates across different Chapters (meal, travel, accommodation, education, deployment, insurance)","Multiple special-case rules (Officer Aviation, specialist pathways, ex-enlisted officers, Warrant Officers, APS/foreign positions, Army corporal case)","Transitional provisions applying changes retroactively for several discrete windows (requires back-pay calculations)","Textual and definitional edits scattered through the instrument (literal corrections, redefinitions, and deletions)","Locality-specific tables with many line items (Annex 9.5.A Parts 1–4 and Annex 9.5.B) that must be maintained in payroll systems","New subjective eligibility tests (e.g. Reservist performing the ‘majority’ of higher duties work) that increase interpretation risk"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- This is an amendment determination made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903 that changes parts of the Defence Determination 2016/19 (Conditions of service). It inserts new definitions and rules, replaces and adds many sections, updates numeric rates (allowances, caps and thresholds), and introduces transitional provisions to cover certain recent periods.\n\n**Key changes, by theme**\n\n- Higher duties allowance (Schedule 1)\n - Introduces a new definition **salary non-reduction arrangement** and reorganises the higher duties provisions into clear divisions: eligibility (approver must be satisfied of all criteria, and for Reservists they must perform the majority of the higher‑duties work — see inserted eligibility rule), how the rate is determined, and a set of detailed rate rules (sections 4.1.8–4.1.17). \n - Different calculation methods depending on circumstance: difference between the member’s salary and the lowest salary for the next rank in the same pay schedule; a flat 5% rule in some cross‑schedule or salary‑protected cases; specific rules for Officer Aviation, specialist career structures, former enlisted members who became officers, Warrant Officer Class 2 acting as Class 1, Army privates doing corporal duties, and members performing duties normally done by APS Senior Executive Service or foreign military positions.\n\n- District, trainee dependant and Army dental officer provisions (Schedule 2)\n - Modifies the conditions for district allowance when accompanied resident family remain at remote location (introduces a threshold: “more than 30 days”) and updates an Army dental professional development scheme date (extended to 2026 in one place).\n\n- Short absences (Schedule 3)\n - Clarifies limitations: short absences under this Division cannot be taken on weekends, public holidays or days when the member is taking a full day of leave; removes some earlier subsections to streamline rules.\n\n- Puckapunyal housing trial (Schedule 4)\n - Recasts references to a Puckapunyal housing trial into a broader flexible housing trial, removes and replaces related definitions and provisions, and preserves transitional protections for members who were in the earlier trial.\n\n- Education assistance (Schedule 5)\n - Increases a number of cash caps and reimbursement limits (tuition caps, school subject and boarding reimbursement maxima, annual contributions for different school levels) and reworks tables that set maximums and contributions for dependent children’s education assistance.\n\n- Travel and meal allowances, accommodation and incidentals (Schedule 6)\n - Updates meal rates (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and differentials for capital/high‑cost centres vs other locations, updates many locality tables and per‑location daily accommodation/incidentals rates, raises some travel‑related amounts, and adds an express reimbursement entitlement for members who must keep accommodation at their housing benefit location when they are living-in elsewhere for service reasons for periods exceeding 21 continuous days (section 9.5.40).\n\n- Deployment allowance and additional risk insurance (Schedule 7)\n - Adjusts an amount for additional risk insurance and updates the daily deployment allowance table for specified operations and areas; the Minister retains power to approve rates for other operations within a stated range (see item replacing section 17.7.6 table).\n\n- Miscellaneous (Schedule 8)\n - A variety of textual corrections and definitional edits, including: clarifying who is covered by the SAFE (emergency housing assistance) scheme; adjusting eligibility rules for cost‑of‑living adjustments while posted overseas (member not eligible if post index ≤100); clarifying travel entitlements (baggage allowances and reasonable door‑to‑door costs); authorising reimbursement of certain lease‑related costs (property taxes, council payments) for members overseas; and small corrections to cross‑references and headings.\n\n- Transitional provisions (Schedule 9)\n - Applies the new rules or new monetary rates retrospectively for specific periods to avoid disadvantaging members who fell between the old and new rules, in relation to district allowance, the Army dental professional scheme, the housing trial, additional risk insurance and deployment allowance.\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Australian Defence Force (ADF) members (permanent and reservists) and their dependent families — across pay‑grade and specialty groups (including Officer Aviation members, specialist pathways, ex‑enlisted officers, Warrant Officers, Army privates doing corporal duties). \n- Members undertaking deployment, short absences, temporary duty, long‑term overseas postings, or using Defence‑arranged housing/SAFE assistance. \n- Members with children receiving education assistance or boarding support. \n- Administrative actors inside Defence (approvers who certify eligibility for higher duties, payroll and personnel staff) who must apply the new rules and updated numeric rates.\n\n**Why it matters (practical effects and mechanics)**\n\n- It changes how higher duties pay is calculated in many concrete situations (new percent rules, different comparison points and many special cases). That alters take‑home pay when members are directed to act in higher roles (see new Division 3, Schedule 1: sections 4.1.8–4.1.17). \n- It raises various allowances and reimbursement caps (education, meals, travel, accommodation), so qualifying members and families receive higher nominal benefits (Schedules 5 and 6). \n- It narrows or clarifies some eligibility rules (short absences, Reserve higher‑duties requirement to perform the majority of work in role) and replaces the Puckapunyal trial with a wider flexible housing trial framing, which changes the category labels and some conditions for affected members (Schedules 3 and 4). \n- Transitional clauses reduce the risk of members losing entitlements for the covered retrospective windows, but they require administrative recalculation for the affected periods (Schedule 9).\n\n**Who pays and who decides**\n\n- The Commonwealth (Department of Defence) funds the allowances and reimbursements. Payroll and personnel branches implement payments. \n- Line approvers and delegated decision‑makers within Defence determine eligibility for higher duties and other entitlements (the instrument tightens approver requirements in eligibility clauses). \n- The Minister for Defence retains the power to approve deployment allowance rates for operations not listed within the table (Schedule 7 replacement table references ministerial approval).\n\n**Costs, incentives, trade‑offs and implementation issues**\n\n- Direct fiscal cost: higher nominal caps and rates (education, travel, meals, deployment allowance, insurance reimbursement) increase Defence’s cash outlays where members meet eligibility conditions. (See Schedules 5–7 and Annex tables in Schedule 6.)\n\n- Incentives and private choice effects: clearer and sometimes higher higher‑duties rates may make acting in higher roles financially more attractive and could affect members’ willingness to accept temporary higher responsibilities. The 5% rule for some cross‑schedule or salary‑protected cases creates a predictable floor for such payments (Schedule 1, e.g. sections 4.1.9 and 4.1.13). \n\n- Administrative and compliance burden: the reform introduces multiple, narrowly conditional rules and many cross‑references to DFRT Determination No. 2 of 2017 (pay schedules and salary points). Payroll and HR must implement new calculation logic (numerous special cases in 4.1.8–4.1.17), update locality tables, and apply transitional recalculations for specified retrospective periods (Schedule 9). This increases processing complexity and the need for updated guidance and system changes. \n\n- Interaction with salary‑protection mechanisms: the new definition of salary non‑reduction arrangement and the sections that treat salary‑protected members differently create potential complexity where a member’s underlying salary entitlements (pay schedule placements, preserved rates) interact with higher‑duties calculations (see Schedule 1, inserted definition and section 4.1.13). Payroll must ensure it applies the right comparator salary in each case. \n\n- Ambiguities / interpretation risks: some defined phrases and tests may require judgment (for example, a Reservist “performing the majority of their work” in a higher duties role, and what constitutes duties “outside” the member’s pay schedule). Those tests create scope for inconsistent application without clear internal guidance and training (see Schedule 1, eligibility changes and 4.1.5.1.e). \n\n- Transitional complexity: retrospective application for discrete windows protects members but requires Defence to identify eligible members and adjust past payments where necessary — this produces extra administrative workload and potential disputes about calculations (Schedule 9). \n\n**Implementation and compliance risks**\n\n- Payroll system updates needed to incorporate many new rates, locality tables and layered higher‑duties rules. \n- Training and guidance needed for approvers (to apply the stricter eligibility tests) and for staff handling cross‑referenced DFRT pay schedules. \n- Risk of mis‑application where multiple rules could apply on the same day (the instrument says the member is paid the higher applicable rate for a day — see section 4.1.6(2)), so correct precedence rules and audit trails are necessary.\n\n**Representative provisions to check when applying the instrument**\n\n- New higher‑duties structure and rates: Schedule 1 (sections 4.1.2; 4.1.6; 4.1.8–4.1.17). \n- Short absence exclusions: Schedule 3 (section 5.11.20). \n- Accommodation reimbursement for keeping housing while living‑in elsewhere >21 days: Schedule 6 (section 9.5.40). \n- Deployment allowance table and ministerial discretion for other operations: Schedule 7 (replacement of section 17.7.6 table). \n- SAFE scheme definition extension and cost‑of‑living eligibility threshold overseas: Schedule 8 (section 7.5.3; section 15.2A.11). \n- Transitional protections for recent periods: Schedule 9.\n\nOverall, the instrument is primarily an administrative and rates update to the Defence Conditions of Service: it reorganises and clarifies higher duties rules, raises various monetary entitlements, introduces a few eligibility clarifications, and contains targeted transitional protections. The practical effects are concentrated on payroll and personnel administration and on members who commonly act in higher duties roles, deploy, or claim education and travel benefits."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is an amendment determination that operates within the established framework of Defence Determination 2016/19. It updates existing provisions (rates, dates, minor rule changes) without expanding into new policy areas beyond the original scope of ADF conditions of service."},"complexity_factors":["Nine separate schedules covering unrelated subject matters (pay, housing, education, travel, deployment)","Heavy cross-referencing to Defence Determination 2016/19 and DFRT Determination 2 of 2017 (external instruments)","Multiple defined terms including 'salary non-reduction arrangement', 'flexible housing trial member', 'SAFE scheme'","Nested conditional logic in higher duties calculations (e.g., section 4.1.14 has two tiers of conditions with sub-conditions)","Numerous monetary values requiring annual/indexation updates (over 50 specific dollar amounts)","Transitional provisions with retrospective effect creating parallel application of old and new rules","Complex eligibility matrices for deployment allowances based on specific operations and geographic coordinates","Multiple commencement dates (3 August 2023, 12 October 2023) creating temporal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This bill updates pay, allowances and conditions for Australian Defence Force members—restructuring higher‑duty pay, raising many travel, meal, deployment and education allowances, extending and increasing certain schemes (dental, housing trial), and tightening rules on short absences. It also fixes drafting errors and includes transitional provisions so members receive entitlements backdated to mid‑2023. It affects all ADF personnel, especially deployed, remote or higher‑duty members and those with school‑aged children."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8","history":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8/history","analysis":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/defence-determination-conditions-of-service-amendment-determination-2023-no-8/documents"}}