This is the only work devoted to the law on veterans’ entitlements in Australia. This second edition updates the material in the successful first edition and provides an invaluable reference for all those, be they ex-service organisations, tribunal members, legal practitioners, or Department officials, involved in assisting veterans’ obtain their entitlements to the pensions and benefits available to those who have served their country. The first edition of the book was welcomed by this community. As the Tasmanian Law Society in its Newsletter of November 2000, said of the first edition, ‘This new publication is excellent. At long last we have a detailed analysis of the laws pertaining to the various entitlements of veterans.’ The reviewer went to say: ‘The format is very easy to follow, all relevant legislation is identified and discussed and I have not been able to identify relevant cases that have not been considered. I applaud the authors for a very well done job and would encourage anyone who has to give advice to veterans on their potential entitlements, to obtain a copy of this book. It is highly recommended’. The Queensland Law Society in its journal Proctor (July 2001) agreed with these comments and its reviewer not only praised the work as being well written and clearly expressed but noted in particular as a rare measure the graphics depicting individual veterans which brought a sense of relevance and humanity not common to legal books. This is a constantly-moving area of the law and the principles are continually evolving. It is, therefore, essential that advisers and practitioners keep up-to-date. This edition of the book has comprehensively revised the text of the first edition to cover all the recent major reports into the veterans’ system, the legislative changes since 2000, and the voluminous case law which has emerged from the every tier of the Australian court system, as well the significant contribution to the jurisprudence provided by the Commonwealth’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
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Contents 1 Preliminary 2 Pensions, other than service pensions, for veterans and their dependants 3 Service pensions 3a Income support supplement 3ab Pension bonus 3b Provisions applicable to service pensions and income support supplement 3c Compensation recovery 4 Pensions for members of Defence Force or Peacekeeping Force and their dependants 4a Advance payments of pension and income support supplement 5 Medical and other treatment 5a Extension of Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 6 Allowances and other benefits 6a Rehabilitation 7 Veterans’ Children Education Scheme 7aa Education entry payment 7a Pharmaceutical allowance and advance pharmaceutical allowance 7ab Defence Force Income Support Allowance and related payments 7ac Utilities allowance 7ad Seniors concession allowance 7b Telephone allowance 7c Seniors health card 7d 2006 one‑off payment to older Australians 7e 2007 one‑off payment to older Australians 7f 2008 one‑off payment to older Australians 8 General provisions applicable to pensions etc. 9 Veterans’ Review Board 10 Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal 11 The Repatriation Commission 11a The Repatriation Medical Authority 11b The Specialist Medical Review Council 12 Miscellaneous Schedules 1 - Repealed Acts 2 - Operational areas 2a - Classes of permanent visas 3 - Peacekeeping forces 4 - Oath and affirmation 5 - Savings and transitional provisions 6 - Calculation of rates of service pension and income support supplement
