Letter of Transmittal
The Hon. Greg Combet AM MP
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science
Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Dear Minister
In accordance with subsection 16(1) of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 (the DFRDB Act), the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Authority is pleased to submit to you its annual report. The report deals with the administration of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits Act 1973 and the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948 for the year ended 30 June 2009.
Subsection 16(2) of the DFRDB Act requires that you shall, as soon as practicable after receiving this report, cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Parliament.
Leo Bator
Chairman
DFRDB Authority
21 September 2009
© Commonwealth of Australia 2009
ISSN 0728 9332
ISBN 978-1-921246-42-5
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Unit 4, Cameron Offices, Chandler Street
Belconnen, ACT 2617
Postal address:
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Belconnen, ACT 2616
Telephone: 1300 001 677
Facsimile: (02) 6272 9616
TTY: (02) 6272 9827
Annual report enquiries: Member Communications Section, ComSuper
Telephone: (02) 6272 9272
Internet: www.dfrdb.gov.au
Annual report: www.dfrdb.gov.au/aboutus/annualreports.htm
DFRDB Authority ABN: 39 798 362 763
SPIN: CMS0102AU
Note: All contribution, benefit, membership and exit statistics are derived solely from records available to the Commissioner for Superannuation as they stood at the time these statistics were compiled. Where statistics for earlier financial years are quoted, these may vary from those previously published due to the application of retrospective adjustments. For similar reasons statistical information in this report may also vary from that presented by other agencies.
Pension references: The DFRDB and DFRB Acts refer to ongoing benefits by various names, including retirement pay and pension. For convenience, and to standardise the terminology used in the annual reports produced by ComSuper, the term ‘pension’ is used throughout this report.