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Part time work has been introduced for permanent members of the ADF as a means of assisting personnel to meet changing personal circumstances at different stages in their careers.
By increasing employment flexibility, valuable members who might otherwise have chosen to leave the ADF, may be retained. Through a reduced number of working days in any fortnightly pay period, Part Time Leave Without Pay (PTLWOP) enables Permanent ADF members to:
Applications for interdependent partnerships (regardless of gender) are processed at your Defence Force Recruiting Centre prior to attending the recruit training establishment. A person in a recognised interdependent partnership is treated as a married member for entitlement purposes.
Regional Education Liaison Officers are employed throughout Australia to:
The Defence childcare policy recognises the distinction between work-related childcare provided by the employer directly for the benefit of employees and other childcare services that cater for a wider range of childcare needs. There is an interrelationship between work-related and these other childcare services. The policy places emphasis on work-related childcare, but also recognises that the mobility of some personnel and their families, particularly members of the ADF, may create a requirement for other forms of childcare which may not be available or accessible in the general community.
Defence are working towards providing childcare services in locations of high need, however where these services are not currently provided, external childcare services will be required. It is the responsibility of the serving member to ensure appropriate childcare services for their family are in place.
Again, you will live on base during your recruit training, separate from your partner or family.
Once posted, you're eligible for one of three accommodation arrangements, where you're welcome to live with your partner or family. For more information on the type and style of housing available, visit the Defence Housing Authority website.
If your next of kin becomes seriously ill, the ADF may provide you with emergency leave and free travel back to your home location.
If your initial employment training (not including recruit training) is greater than six months your family may be moved at Commonwealth expense to the locality of your initial employment training. On completion of initial employment, training your spouse and children will be provided with a removal at Commonwealth expense to your new posting locality. Please note that each individual case will be judged on its merits by the approving authority.
A member is entitled to salary for up to 14 weeks of her maternity leave once she has completed 12 months qualifying service. She is then entitled to a subsequent 38 weeks of non-paid maternity leave, whereby then she may return to her previous job. A member may substitute recreation leave or long service leave for unpaid maternity leave.