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Albanese Government has also confirmed it will achieve almost $780 million in savings across the veterans’ support system over five years, including through the introduction of a new $5,000 Annual Monetary Limit on allied health services for Veteran Card holders.

Allied Health services include physiotherapy, psychology, exercise physiology, and other allied health treatments.

Hey everyone, as someone who isn't in the military but Is Australian,

I have always wondered what happens to people who flee from say Kapooka during recruit training?

Or maybe they finish recruit training and decide fuck this and just leave a year or two into their contracts?

Do they get looked for?

Do they get jailed or forced back to finish their contract? What if they flee again?

Also what happens if someone absconds during an overseas trip?

People im guessing have done this before yes?

Side question, what's military prison like? Do MPs watch over prisoners? Or is it the job of other types of service members?

Is there an official protocol for these marches before the morning service besides the order? Any documentation anywhere?

Especially regarding veterans contingent e.g. does the veteran contingent have a platoon/company commander to give orders? Is it customary to march off the veterans while the ADF contingent stays in position? What rank should a parade commander be?

I was in a role on probation. At the end of the probation period, I was removed from the job citing performance issues and lacking skills. No ROCs, no PDP, no NTSC. I reported to 2 O5s and an O6. As there’d been no PA for the entire time (12 months), there was no mentoring and no direction on how to improve. At that point I didn’t want to continue in the position, but I wanted to clear my name so I responded to the notice with many rebuttals. Those officers have been backed up by 2 reviews, 1 by a O5, then one by a 1-star. While they agree my complaints were not vexatious, they found no grounds for unacceptable behaviour. I cited leadership doctrine, ADF values, ethics, but they appear to be given no weight whatsoever. In civvie street, they’d be taken to fair work and found to be in the wrong. How can senior officers and star officers believe this is good people management and allow it to continue?

For example, a pharmacist, radiographer, doctor, nurse, physio who works for the adf for 10, 20, 30 or 40 years.

When they stop working for the adf, do they get a fortnightly pension at a certain age? Any sort of pension?

If they deployed overseas a few times as a health professional for the adf, do they get a pension when they stop working for the adf?

Or is it only combat soldiers who get a pension?