Defence Determination 2008/30

I, ANDREW CHARLES GILLESPIE, Acting Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions, make this Determination under section 58B of the Defence Act 1903.

Dated 18 July 2008

A C GILLESPIE Acting Director General Personnel Policy and Employment Conditions People Strategies and Policy Group

Ref808 1 Citation This Determination is Defence Determination 2008/30, Post indexes – amendment.

2 Commencement This Determination commences on 7 August 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

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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. ATTACHMENT Annex 15.2.A: Post indexes

Posting location Applied index Published index BAHRAIN 100.0 82.0 BELGIUM 129.9 129.9 CAMBODIA 100.0 66.3 CANADA British Columbia 103.9 103.9 CANADA Montreal 105.8 105.8 CANADA Ontario 106.4 106.4 CANADA Other 100.8 100.8 CHINA 101.9 101.9 COOK ISLANDS 119.2 119.2 FIJI 100.0 83.1 FRANCE Paris 137.1 137.1 FRANCE Other 128.9 128.9 GERMANY 137.4 137.4 INDIA 100.0 67.4 INDONESIA 100.0 79.6 IRAQ 100.0 0.00 [Note: no price data is available for this locality.] ISRAEL 132.0 132.0 ITALY 132.6 132.6 JAPAN 135.0 135.0 JORDAN 100.0 85.9 KIRIBATI 123.6 123.6 KOREA 120.6 120.6 KUWAIT 100.0 87.4 MALAYSIA 100.0 65.2 MARSHALL ISLANDS 100.4 100.4 MICRONESIA 100.0 96.3 NETHERLANDS 125.2 125.2 NEW ZEALAND Wellington 100.0 96.1 NEW ZEALAND Auckland 100.0 95.4 NEW ZEALAND Other 100.0 95.5 PAKISTAN 100.0 52.5 PALAU 105.2 105.2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 102.2 102.2 PHILIPPINES 100.0 65.8 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 72.7 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 UK London 127.1 127.1 UK Other 111.1 111.1 Posting location Applied index Published index USA Alaska 105.0 105.0 USA California 100.0 99.3 USA Colorado 100.0 88.6 USA Connecticut/Rhode 100.0 94.8 Island USA Florida 100.0 93.4 USA Georgia 100.0 87.9 USA Illinois 100.0 97.2 USA Hawaii 107.7 107.7 USA Manhattan 108.9 108.9 USA Maryland/Virginia, 100.0 100.0 including Washington DC USA Massachusetts 100.0 95.2 USA Missouri 100.0 89.7 USA New York State, 102.8 102.8 excluding Manhattan USA Texas 100.0 84.9 USA Washington State 100.0 96.2 USA Other 100.0 90.1 VANUATU 122.9 122.9 VIETNAM 100.0 64.9 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Defence Determination 2008/30

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.

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.

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 7 August 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 index decreased for Canada, China, Cook Islands and Israel.

Bahrain and Jordan have been inserted to allow overseas living allowance to be paid to members on long-term posting in those locations.

No changes have been made for the applied post indexes in other locations.

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. Clause 4 adjusts the index in Column 3 for 20 locations (excluding Iraq) with applied index of less than 100.

Authority: Section 58B of the Defence Act 1903