The Minister for Defence announced today that the Government has adjusted the framework for the 2014 ADF Workplace Remuneration Arrangement (2014 WRA) to include provision for ADF personnel to receive a pay increase.
This change enables me to return to the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT) to seek an increase from 1.5 percent to 2 percent per year for the residual life of the arrangement.
I said last year that I would continue to monitor and discuss ADF remuneration arrangements with the Government and return to the DFRT if there was provision in the WRA framework to do so.
I am now aiming to have a submission to the DFRT at the earliest opportunity.
I will advise ADF members as the submission progresses.
