105Herbie

Thank you once again Peter for telling the truth about the inappropriate actions of our so called representatives and also showing how deceitful they are. I have abslotuley no trust or faith in thisa government. The rumour is that we will have to wait for 2013 for any help, yes an election year....

I joined the Army in Feb 63 and was informed that there was this thing called DFRB and it was compulsory for me to pay into it the sum of 5.5% to be deducted from my pay prior to tax.

We even paid this whilst on operational service. I paid this until it changed to DFRDB in 73 and paid that until...

Yes, Matthews gave the government the answer they wanted, stick with CPI however he did say if there is a better scheme then it should be accepted. Guess what? There is, it is called the Pensioners Beneficiary Cost of Living Index (PBCLI). The govenrment should take Matthews recommendation and ...

Thank you once again Peter for raising this issue. It is quite obvious that the govenrment has no intention of granting this to us. Thank you for raising the point about Lindsay Tanner statement about the dark art of treasury costings. The amount that it will actually cost is a mere pittance, som...

Why indeed in Sept 2009, did 4 labor politicians , Messrs McMullen, Kelly, Ellis and Lundy write to the then Minister for Finance Lindsay Tanner seeking him to grant a fairer means of indexation for Veterans Retirement wages and then in 2011 when they had the opportunity to bring this change abou...

Peter

What a shame that politicians do not understand the difference between restoration and upgrading. I agree that all we want is for the government to restore our lost dignity and those amounts that were deducted from us by a former labor government and grant us a fairer indexation in line wi...

This situation is out of control. Why the difference between our spouse 62.5%, Public Servant 68.5% and the politician a massive 83.3%. Why the very poor treatment of our spouses who look after us, raise the kids whilst we are on operation or training, move house every two years when we get poste...

Peter

You are right on the mark. All parties are to blame however seeing that Labor is in power at the moment they must wear the blame. We have had too much non action and we need some positive action right now. Bring the vets up to the community norm. We are not asking for the Pollie's bucket of...