14.6.17 Losses if Defence withdraws from posting
- This section applies to a member and their dependants who have been directed to withdraw at short notice from a posting location overseas to return to Australia on a permanent basis.
- A withdrawal under this section does not include any of the following.
- A withdrawal in connection with an evacuation under Division 1.
- An early withdrawal of a member from a long‑term posting that is not a withdrawal at short notice.
- The member is eligible for payment of an amount for their financial losses resulting from the withdrawal that the CDF is satisfied is reasonable taking all of the following into consideration.
- The circumstances in which the member leaves the long-term posting.
- The length of time given to the member to leave the posting location.
- The remaining period of the expected duration of the posting at the time of leaving the posting location.
- The extent to which the member entered into unavoidable financial commitments in the reasonable expectation that the posting would run its full term.
- Any other costs reasonably incurred by the member in the reasonable expectation that the posting would run its full term.
- Any other factor relevant to the posting.
Note: Chapters 14, 15 and 16 continue to apply to a withdrawal under this section.
- For the purpose of this section, a withdrawal at short notice means a withdrawal from a posting location overseas that does not allow a member enough time for personal arrangements to be completed before departure in accordance with normal practice.
Guidance
Example for paragraph 3.e: The member has a pantry full of groceries worth AUD 1,000. If the posting had run its course, the member would have allowed the pantry contents to run down from six months before departure, to about AUD 400. Consideration could be given to reimbursing AUD 600 to the member.
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