Salary and Allowances

This section of the site is designed to provide you with access to information on financial issues including salary and allowances. Detail on the pay groups associated with each category is contained within the employment category descriptions located on each corps page.

Their links page provides additional general information on the ADF Remuneration Package including:

• Comparative Employment Value Adjustable Model (CEVAM) - Internet access to the Defence salary package calculator.
• Superannuation - ComSuper The ComSuper internet site, for information on the ADF superannuation schemes - DFRDB and MSBS.
• Flexible Remuneration Packaging - The Defence Organisation's FRP internet site.

Other sites of interest included in the DSA links page are:

• Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal
• External Review of ADF Remuneration. (Web site for the External ('Nunn') Review of ADF Remuneration)
• ADF Reserves The ADF Reserves internet site. (Contains information on Employer Support Payments and other Reserve enhancement initiatives)
• Defence Industrial Relations. (The Defence Industrial Relations internet site, for those interested in the civilian work place bargaining process)
• Australian Taxation Office. (A link to the 'ATO Assist' web site. A wide range of general tax related publications and information)
• ArFFA. (Web site for the Armed Forces Federation of Australia)
• NCGSF. (Web site for the National Consultative Group of Service Families)

Directorate of Conditions Information and Policy Services

Also located within PSP is the Directorate of Conditions Information and Policy Services (DCIPS). DCIPS is responsible for drafting and managing Defence determinations to support policy decisions on ADF pay and conditions of service, and ADF/APS overseas conditions of service.

The Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT)

The Tribunal was established in 1984 to enable the pay and allowances of members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to be determined having regard to the special nature of Defence Force service. The Tribunal has now been operating for over 15 years.

This link is provided to enable you to look at current and recent determinations on trades that you are interested in. It can also be accessed through the DPE site.

Compare Your Package

How does your Army salary compare?

If you were to leave the Army, do you know how much you would need to earn each year to replace you current Army salary? The Compare Your Package is a tool that will allow you to see what you worth.

Note: This tool is currently being reviewed and can only be accessed on the DEFWEB.

Civil Accreditation of Military Training

The Defence Civil Accreditations website provides information on the civil accreditation of Australian Defence Force training for the information of Defence personnel and the general public.

The information contained within this site will advise Defence personnel of the civil qualifications that they may be entitled to as a result of their training and experience in their Service. There is a 'Request for Certificate ' document available which can be downloaded, filled in and forwarded to the Orderly Room/Regulating Office to initiate an application for a qualification.

National Training Information Service

Defence Civil Accreditations Web Site

ADFHEAS - ADF Higher Education Advance Standing Scheme

Trade Transfer Information

The details on transferring to another employment category within the ARA or Army Reserve is detailed in Defence Instruction (Army) Personnel 149-3 Posting, Retention, Corps Transfer and Reallocation of Australian Regular Army (ARA) and Army Reserve (ARes) soldiers. Other documents which should be read in conjunction with this Instruction are:

• DI(A) PERS 116-2 Army Technical and Trade Scheme
• DI(A) PERS 177-1 Return of Service Obligation
• DI(A) PERS 149-3 Posting, Retention, Corps Transfer and Reallocation of Soldiers in the Regular Army and Army Reserve

Trade Transfer FAQ's

TRADE TFR BONUS FAQ's

Transfer Between Forces Information

Transfer and Allocation Cell is responsible for processing transfers into and within the ARA

A copy of the DI(A) PERS 149-7 Instruction can be viewed by clicking the link under Reference Documents.