Defence Determination 2008/25

I, BRIAN GARY PAULE, Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.
Dated27 June 2008
B G PAULE
Director General
Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions
People Strategies and Policy Group

1 Citation

This Determination is Defence Determination 2008/25, Post indexes and hardship post– amendment.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 10 July 2008.

3 Amendment

Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service, as amended,1 is amended as set out in this Determination.

4 Annex 15.2.A (Post indexes)

substitute
the Annex set out in the Attachment to this Determination

5 Part 1 of Annex 16.A (Hardship post conditions of service for specific posting locations), footnote item 5

substitute
5 / For the purposes of calculating assisted leave travel for Cold Lake and Moose Jaw, the ordinary period of posting is based on 24 months instead of 36 months.
NOTE
1. / Defence Determination 2005/15 commenced on 31 May 2005. For previous amendments see Note to Defence Determination 2008/1 and see also Defence Determinations 2008/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24.

ATTACHMENT

Annex 15.2.A: Post indexes

Posting location / Applied index / Published index
BELGIUM / 129.9 / 129.9
CAMBODIA / 100.0 / 66.3
CANADABritish Columbia / 107.2 / 107.2
CANADAMontreal / 109.2 / 109.2
CANADAOntario / 109.7 / 109.7
CANADA Other / 104.0 / 104.0
CHINA / 104.1 / 104.1
COOKISLANDS / 122.9 / 122.9
FIJI / 100.0 / 83.1
FRANCEParis / 137.1 / 137.1
FRANCE Other / 128.9 / 128.9
GERMANY / 137.4 / 137.4
INDIA / 100.0 / 69.2
INDONESIA / 100.0 / 79.6
IRAQ / 100.0 / 0.00
[Note:no price data is available for this locality.]
ISRAEL / 135.2 / 135.2
ITALY / 132.6 / 132.6
JAPAN / 135.0 / 135.0
KIRIBATI / 123.6 / 123.6
KOREA / 120.6 / 120.6
KUWAIT / 100.0 / 87.4
MALAYSIA / 100.0 / 66.6
MARSHALL ISLANDS / 100.4 / 100.4
MICRONESIA / 100.0 / 96.3
NETHERLANDS / 125.2 / 125.2
NEW ZEALANDWellington / 100.0 / 99.0
NEW ZEALANDAuckland / 100.0 / 98.3
NEW ZEALAND Other / 100.0 / 98.4
PAKISTAN / 100.0 / 56.9
PALAU / 105.2 / 105.2
PAPUA NEW GUINEA / 102.2 / 102.2
PHILIPPINES / 100.0 / 69.8
SAMOA / 100.0 / 99.1
SAUDI ARABIA / 100.0 / 67.1
SINGAPORE / 100.0 / 99.2
SOLOMON ISLANDS / 100.0 / 98.9
SPAIN / 119.5 / 119.5
THAILAND / 100.0 / 77.3
TIMOR-LESTE / 101.1 / 101.1
TONGA / 101.7 / 101.7
TURKEY / 132.4 / 132.4
TUVALU / 109.5 / 109.5
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / 100.0 / 76.0
UKLondon / 127.1 / 127.1
UK Other / 111.1 / 111.1
Posting location / Applied index / Published index
USAAlaska / 105.0 / 105.0
USACalifornia / 100.0 / 99.3
USAColorado / 100.0 / 88.6
USA Connecticut/Rhode Island / 100.0 / 94.8
USAFlorida / 100.0 / 93.4
USAGeorgia / 100.0 / 87.9
USAIllinois / 100.0 / 97.2
USAHawaii / 107.7 / 107.7
USAManhattan / 108.9 / 108.9
USA Maryland/Virginia, including WashingtonDC / 100.0 / 100.0
USAMassachusetts / 100.0 / 95.2
USAMissouri / 100.0 / 89.7
USANew YorkState, excluding Manhattan / 102.8 / 102.8
USATexas / 100.0 / 84.9
USAWashingtonState / 100.0 / 96.2
USA Other / 100.0 / 90.1
VANUATU / 122.9 / 122.9
VIETNAM / 100.0 / 68.9

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Defence Determination 2008/25

This Determination amends Defence Determination 2005/15, Conditions of Service (the Principal Determination), made under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903 (the Act). Chapter 15 of the Principal Determination deals with employment conditions for members of the ADF living on a long-term posting overseas. Chapter 16 sets out provisions for members deployed to overseas hardship locations.

This Determination implements revised post indexes that apply to the overseas locations where ADF members serve. The post index is worked out from local prices surveyed in March and September each year by the data service provider. An exchange rate movement in the national currency of 2 per cent or more over two pay periods then prompts an amending determination to vary the post index. This Determination also adds a location in relation to the calculation of assisted leave travel for hardship posts in Canada.

Clause 1 of this Determination sets out the manner in which this Determination may be cited.

Clause 2 of this Determination provides that this Determination commences on 10 July 2008.

Clause 3 specifies that the amendment is made to the Principal Determination, as amended.

Clause 4 substitutes a new Annex 15.2.A into the Principal Determination. The new Annex changes post indexes at a range of posting locations. The changes are due to recent exchange rate movements.

The applied post indexes increased for China and Papua New Guinea.

Kuwait has been inserted to allow overseas living allowance to be paid to members on long-term posting in that location.

The applied post index decreased for Japan.

Marshall Islands decreased as a result of a six-monthly price review conducted in March 2008, the data for which has only been provided this month. The review data allows the post indexes to more accurately reflect the cost of living at that posting location and takes into account movements in the exchange rate. This process results in a closer relationship between members’ allowances and the actual economic conditions at their posting location.

Column 3 of Annex 15.2.A shows the index published for the posting location by the data service provider. Where this figure is less than 100 it is not used in working out overseas living allowance.Clause4 adjusts the index in Column 3 for 25 locations (excluding Iraq) with applied index of less

than 100.

Clause 5 amendsthe footnote in Part 1 Annex 16.A of the Principle Determination. This change inserts Moose Jaw, as a location where the calculation of assisted leave travel is based on a period of 24 months instead of 36 months. Moose Jaw was inserted into hardship post conditions of service for specific posting locations in Defence Determination 2008/21.

Authority: Section 58B of the
Defence Act 1903