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Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990 - Declaration of Warlike service - OPERATION TANAGER (01/04/2004)

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This declaration gives subsidised home loan benefits to Australian Defence Force (ADF) members who served on Operation Tanager in East Timor.

What it does:

Declares that service between 20 February 2000 and 19 May 2002 in East Timor and its surrounding territorial waters counts as "warlike service"
This triggers the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Scheme, which helps service members buy homes with reduced interest rates and government subsidies

Who it affects:

ADF personnel who were officially allotted (assigned) to Operation Tanager during that specific 26-month period
Includes members who served in the operational area comprising East Timor and its territorial sea

Why it matters: Without this ministerial declaration, service on that peacekeeping/stabilisation operation would not have qualified for the enhanced home loan benefits reserved for warlike service under the Act.

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Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990

Declaration of Warlike service OPERATION TANAGER

I, Mal Brough, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, for and on behalf of the Minister for Defence, declare that service rendered as a member of the Australian Defence Force allotted for service:

during the period 20 February 2000 to 19 May 2002 on Operation TANAGER; and

b. in the area of operations comprising East Timor and the territorial sea of East Timor.

is warlike service for the purposes of subsection 3C of the Defence Force (Home Loans Assistance) Act 1990.

Dated 1st April 2004

MAL BROUGH

Minister Assisting the Minister

for Defence for and on behalf of the

Minister for Defence

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