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    • Rent allowance
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    • Flexible housing trial
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    • Perform duty in a temporary location
    • Understanding Service categories
    • ADF Total Workforce System
    • Perform a period of continuous full-time service
    • Start a flexible service determination
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    • Perform duty in a remote location
    • Being posted to a new location in Australia
    • Deploying on domestic operations
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    • Recreation leave travel
    • Before and after deployment leave travel
    • Reunion travel
    • Travelling allowance
    • Vehicle allowance
    • Organise your own travel
  • Overseas
    • Long-term posting overseas
    • Deployment
    • Australians dangerously ill overseas
    • Short-term duty
  • News
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      13 April 2026
      Depending on your role, posting and service conditions, you may be eligible for a range of allowances.

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      You can become eligible for an allowance without changing rank or pay level — for example, when you start a new duty, exercise or posting.

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