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BACKGROUND TO THE ASSOCIATION
The Association was formed in 1959 as the Regular Defence Force Welfare Association for the purpose of promoting and protecting the interests of serving and former members of the Australian Defence Force (ie in those days the permanent Forces of the Commonwealth) and their families. In 2007 the name was changed to the Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA) to recognise that we now extend this purpose to both full time and reserve members.
The (previous) Minister for Defence endorses the Association and encourages membership.
The Chief of the Defence Force supports the work of the DFWA.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION,
CLICK ON "ABOUT US" FROM THE MAIN MENU !
WANT TO JOIN US ? GO TO THE MEMBERSHIP PAGE FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO JOIN
WANT MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO SUPPORT OUR GOOD WORKS ? CLICK HERE
OUR CURRENT ISSUES
OUR CURRENT MAJOR ISSUE is Military Superannuation Indexation: Did you know that your retirement benefits are being eroded and your standard of living is being continually reduced because the Government treats you differently than other Australians by refusing to protect the purchasing power of your military superannuation ?
Watch this short video clip as a start, and then read about this and all the other matters we are pursuing on your behalf at WHATS NEW / CURRENT ISSUES.
THE 2010 FEDERAL ELECTION and the FAIR GO! CAMPAIGN. In conjunction with a number of other Ex Service Organisations, the DFWA undertook a successful campaign (the FAIR GO! CAMPAIGN) that called on all political parties to support indexation and targetting some 49 marginal seats.
The FAIR GO! Campaign will continue after the election... read about the election phase of the campaign and the next steps here.
OUR PUBLICATIONS
Read the latest issue of our magazine CAMARADERIE (published three times a year) and our latest monthly newsheet UPDATE.
LATEST WEBSITE CHANGES
02 September 2010 - Media release - Independents and Indexation (FAIR GO CAMPAIGN PAGE)
19 August 2010 - Latest UPDATE (WHATS NEW / PUBLICATIONS)
18 August 2010 - Make your vote count / the election policies (FAIR GO ELECTION PAGE)
18 August 2010 - Open letter to the Prime Minister (FAIR GO ELECTION PAGE)
15 August 2010 - Updated marginal seat information (FAIR GO ELECTION PAGE)
12 August 2010 - Press release re costing of Coalition promise to index military pensions (FAIR GO CAMPAIGN PAGE)
27 July 2010 - FAIR GO! campaign: our Public Awareness Election 2010 Campaign (FAIR GO CAMPAIGN PAGE)
12 July 2010 - New edition of What Happens to your Partner When you Die (WIDOWS ISSUES)
8 July 2010 - The Greens announce their indexation policy (WHATS NEW)
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