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EX-MILITARY FAMILIES OUT IN THE COLD

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS

WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT LEAVE SOME EX-MILITARY FAMILIES OUT IN THE COLD?

Minister Snowdon, in announcing increases to some veterans' pensions, said:

"320,000 veterans, partners and war widows and widowers will now receive increased pensions and income support payments from 20 September 2011."

"The indexation reforms introduced by this Government have delivered a fairer pension system for our veteran community and will help them to meet the increasing costs of living," he said.

What a strange world Minister Snowdon lives in!

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Paid leave for dads, the Government’s higher priority than for Diggers’ fair military superannuation indexation?

The Defence Family views cynically this latest Government spend for parental leave for fathers ($200 million over five years) when the Government continues to deny Fair Indexation to its 60,000 DFRB/DFRDB military superannuation pensioners at an estimated cost of $20 million pa.

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History of the Fair Go Campaign

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS 2011

 

 

 

 

 

HISTORY 2010

 28 July 2010. The public launch of the FAIR GO! Election Campaign was held on the lawns in front of Parliament House Canberra.

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