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The Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex Servicemen and Women Ltd. (Incorporated in the ACT)
is a Not-For-Profit Organisation known as the TPI Federation and is a Non-Political, Non-Sectarian Ex-Service Organisation.

The TPI Federation provides information and communication for Ex Service Personnel who are eligible for, and granted, or in receipt,
of the Totally & Permanently Incapacitated Compensation (TPI's) or Special Rate (SR) payments referred to in Section 24 of the
Veterans Entitlements Act (VEA) 1986 (as amended) or the Military Rehabilitation Compensation Act (MRCA) 2004 as determined by
the Department for Veterans Affairs. Whilst its primary thrust is, to those SR/TPI's who are members of a State or Territory TPI
Association it may serve to encourage those SR/TPI's who are not yet Members by guiding them to the nearest State/Territory TPI
Office so they can join.

The Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen & Women Ltd
(Incorporated in the ACT)
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“Disabled in our Service - United in our Cause”
Federation President’s ZĞƉŽƌƚ – DĂLJ ϮϬϭϴ

You may be aware that there is a new Veterans’ Affairs Minister Ͳ / ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶ ĞŶĚ ĚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĂƚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ Ăƚ ƚŚŝƐ ƐƚĂŐĞ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞů
ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ϴƚŚ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ŝŶ ϭϬ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ,Ğ ŝƐ ĂƌƌĞŶ ŚĞƐƚĞƌ DW LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ŚĂĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͕ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ůĞƚ ŵĞ
ĂŶĚ ŚŝƐ ĞůĞĐƚŽƌĂƚĞ ŝƐ ŝŶ 'ŝƉƉƐůĂŶĚ͕ sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ͘ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ŚĞƐƚĞƌ ǁĂƐ ŬŶŽǁ͍
ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ŝŶ ϮϬϬϴ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚĂƌLJ ^ĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJ ƚŽ
ƚŚĞ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĞĨĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϭϯ ƚŽ ϮϬϭϱ͘ / ƚŚĂŶŬ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŶLJ dW/Ɛ ǁŚŽ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚĞĚ ŵĞ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ
ƚŚĞŝƌ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŝĚƐ͘ ĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ĞĨĨŽƌƚƐ͕ ŵĂŶLJ ƵĚŝŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ
,Ğ ǁĂƐ ƐƐŝƐƚĂŶƚ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ĞĨĞŶĐĞ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϭϱ ƚŽ ϮϬϭϲ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚĞĚ ŵĞ ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƌŝĨŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ s ƐƵďƐŝĚŝĞƐ͘ /
DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ /ŶĨƌĂƐƚƌƵĐƚƵƌĞ ĂŶĚ dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϭϲ ƚŽ ϮϬϭϳ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ ƐƵďƐĞƋƵĞŶƚůLJ ƉƵƚ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ Ă ƉŽƌƚĨŽůŝŽ ŽĨ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ
ǁĂƐ Ă ũŽƵƌŶĂůŝƐƚ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϴϲ ƚŽ ϭϵϵϴ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ Ă DĂƌŬĞƚŝŶŐ ŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ ďŽƚŚ sĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ ƵĚŝŽůŽŐŝƐƚƐ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƉƌŽǀĞĚ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŶĨƵƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ
ĨƌŽŵ ϭϵϵϴ ƚŽ ϮϬϬϮ͘ ,Ğ ǁĂƐ ŚŝĞĨ ŽĨ ^ƚĂĨĨ ƚŽ W: ZLJĂŶ D> ĨƌŽŵ ϮϬϬϰ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŵĂƌŬĞƚƉůĂĐĞ
ƚŽ ϮϬϬϴ͘
/ ŚĂǀĞ ĂƐŬĞĚ s ĨŽƌ Ă ƉůĂŝŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ĐůĂƌŝĨŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ
dŚĞ &ĞĚĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ũƵƐƚ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ďŝͲĂŶŶƵĂů ĐŽŶŐƌĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƌ sŝĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŝĚƐ ƚŽ sĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ ĂŶĚ tĂƌ tŝĚŽǁƐ͘ s ŚĂƐ
WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ Ă ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŶĞdžƚ ŝƐƐƵĞ ŽĨ dZh ͘ ƐƚĂƚĞĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŝƐƐƵŝŶŐ ŶĞǁ &ĂĐƚ ^ŚĞĞƚƐ ĨŽƌ ďŽƚŚ sĞƚĞƌĂŶƐ
ŐĂŝŶ͕ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ ĚŝƐĂƉƉŽŝŶƚŝŶŐ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ DWƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌƐ ĚŝĚ ŶŽƚ ŐŝǀĞ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƌƐ ǀĞƌLJ ƐŚŽƌƚůLJ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ĂůƐŽ ďĞ ĂƐŬŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƵĚŝŽůŽŐŝƐƚ
ƵƐ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ ĐŽŶƐŝĚĞƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĞĨĨŽƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ƚŽ ƉƵďůŝƐŚ ĂƌƚŝĐůĞƐ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵďũĞĐƚ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĚŝƐƚƌŝďƵƚĞĚ
^ƚĂƚĞͬdĞƌƌŝƚŽƌLJ WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ ƚŽ WĂƌůŝĂŵĞŶƚ ,ŽƵƐĞ͘ LJ ǁĂLJ ŝŶ ƚŚĞŝƌ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂů ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞƐ͘ / ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƐŽ ĂƐŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ĂƌƚŝĐůĞƐ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ
ŽĨ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ DŝŶŝƐƚĞƌ͕ ǁŚŽ ŚĂĚ ĂůůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ϯϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ĨŽƌ ƵƐ ŵĂŐĂnjŝŶĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚĂů ĞdžƉůĂŶĂƚŝŽŶƐ͘
ĂƌƌŝǀĞĚ ϭϬ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ƉƌŽĐĞĞĚĞĚ ƚŽ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ĨŽŽƚďĂůů͘
LJ ƚŚĞ ƚŝŵĞ ǁĞ ĨŝŶĂůůLJ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ ƐŽŵĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ͕ ǁĞ ŽŶůLJ ŚĂĚ ϭϮ dŚĞ dW/ &ĞĚĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ǁŝƐŚĞƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĂŶŬ s ͕ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ >ŝnj ŽƐƐŽŶ͕ <ĂƚĞ
ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ŝŶ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚŝƐ͘ WŽƉĞ͕ ZŽďLJŶ <ĞŵƉ ĂŶĚ :ŽLJ ZŽƐƐŽ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽͲŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŝŶ ƚƌLJŝŶŐ ƚŽ
ƐŝŵƉůŝĨLJ ƚŚĞ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ ĂŶĚ ŝŵƉƌŽǀĞ ƚŚĞ ŽĨƚĞŶ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž
Ɛ ƵƐƵĂů͕ ŵĂŶĚĂ ZŝƐŚǁŽƌƚŚ DW ĂŶĚ ^ĞŶĂƚŽƌ >ŝŶĚĂ ZĞLJŶŽůĚƐ ŐĂǀĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂĐĞĚ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ǁĂLJ͘
ƵƐ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƌĞƐƉĞĐƚ͕ ƚŝŵĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƚƚĞŶƚŝŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵƌ ^ƚĂƚĞͬdĞƌƌŝƚŽƌLJ
WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĚĞƐĞƌǀĞ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞĚ ƚŚŝƐ͘ ^ŝŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŽŶŐƌĞƐƐ͕ ƚŚĞ dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ŝƐƐƵĞ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ Ɛƚŝůů ƐĞĞŵƐ ƚŽ ďĞ ŽĨ ƐŽŵĞ ĚŽƵďƚ ƚŽ ƐŽŵĞ dW/Ɛ͕
&ĞĚĞƌĂƚŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ďƵƐLJ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŝŶŐ ƐƵďŵŝƐƐŝŽŶƐ Ăƚ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞůLJ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽǀŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ĨŽƌ ƚŚŽƐĞ dW/Ɛ ǁŚŽ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ŚĂǀĞ
ƐŚŽƌƚ ŶŽƚŝĐĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵƐƚƌĂůŝĂŶ EĂƚŝŽŶĂů ƵĚŝƚ KĨĨŝĐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞƌĂƚŝŽŶĂů ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ WĞŶƐŝŽŶ
ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ WƌŽĚƵĐƚŝǀŝƚLJ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ͘ dŚĞ E K ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŝƐ Ă ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚLJƉĞ ŽĨ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŚĂĚ ƚŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƌĞ ůŝŬĞůLJ
ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ƵƚŝůŝƐĞĚ ďLJ s ͕ ƚŽ ďĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ƚŽ ĂƉƉůLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ĞŶƚƌĞůŝŶŬ ŝƐĂďŝůŝƚLJ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ WĞŶƐŝŽŶ
ǁŚĞƌĞĂƐ ƚŚĞ WƌŽĚƵĐƚŝǀŝƚLJ ŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚŚƌĞĞ ; ^WͿ͘
ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƚŝŽŶ ĐƚƐ ǁŚŝĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƉŽƐƐŝďŝůŝƚLJ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŐŝŶŐ ƚŚĞŵ ŝŶƚŽ ŽŶĞ
Đƚ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ /ŶĐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƐĞƚƐ ƚĞƐƚĞĚ ƉĞŶƐŝŽŶ͘ /ƚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ ƚŚĞ dW/
ĐŽŵƉĞŶƐĂƚŝŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƐƚ ĂƐ ŝŶĐŽŵĞ͘ tŚĞŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝĨ͕ ƚŚĞ ^W ŝƐ
/Ĩ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞů LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĂŶLJ ĐŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŝǀĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ĂĚĚĞĚ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ͕ ĞŶƚƌĞůŝŶŬ ĂĚǀŝƐĞƐ s ͘ s ƚŚĞŶ ĐĂůĐƵůĂƚĞƐ ƚŚĞ ĞĨĞŶĐĞ
ƚŽ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͕ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ůĞƚ ŵĞ ŬŶŽǁ͍ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĞdžĂŵƉůĞƐ ŽĨ ŚŽǁ &ŽƌĐĞ /ŶĐŽŵĞ ^ƵƉƉŽƌƚ ůůŽǁĂŶĐĞ ; &/^ Ϳ͘ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ &/^
ƚŚĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ Žƌ ƚŚĞ >ĞŐŝƐůĂƚŝŽŶ ŚĂƐ ďĞĞŶ ŶĞŐůŝŐĞŶƚ͕ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ůĞƚ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŵĂĚĞ ďLJ s ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ƚŚŝŶŬ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ͕ ĂƉƉůLJ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ
ŵĞ ŬŶŽǁ͍ s ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĐŽƵƉůĞ ŽĨ ƌĞǀŝĞǁƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĞŶƚƌĞůŝŶŬ ^W ƚŽ ďĞŐŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐ͘
ŵĂLJ ǁŝƐŚ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ŵĞ ƚŽ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐ͘ dŚĞ ĨŝƌƐƚ͕ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝƐ ĚƵĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĞŶĚ
ŽĨ Ɖƌŝů͕ ŝƐ Ă ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ZĞŚĂďŝůŝƚĂƚŝŽŶ ƉƉůŝĂŶĐĞ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ ;Z WͿ͘ Ɛ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ ĂŝĚƐ͕ &/^ Žƌ dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ Žƌ ĂŶLJ ŝƐƐƵĞ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ
/Ĩ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞů͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽŵĞ ŝƚĞŵƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ƌĞŵŽǀĞĚ Žƌ ĂĚĚĞĚ ŚĂǀĞ͕ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ĞŝƚŚĞƌ ĐĂůů Žƌ ĞŵĂŝů ŵĞ ƐŽ ƚŚĂƚ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĂƚƚĞŵƉƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ
ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ůĞƚ ŵĞ ŬŶŽǁ͍ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƚŚĞ ŝƐƐƵĞƐ ƌĞĐƚŝĨŝĞĚ͘ zŽƵƌ dW/ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƚŝŽŶ ŝƐ ŚĞƌĞ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵƌ
ƐŽŵĞ ƉƌŽĐĞƐƐĞƐ Žƌ ƉƌŽĐĞĚƵƌĞ ƚŚĂƚ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ďĞ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞĚ͕ ĐĂŶ LJŽƵ ĨĂŵŝůŝĞƐ͘
ůĞƚ ŵĞ ŬŶŽǁ͍ dŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ s
dƌĂŶƐƉŽƌƚ ŽŽŬĞĚ Ăƌ tŝƚŚ ƌŝǀĞƌ ƚŚĂƚ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ďĞŝŶŐ ŚĞůĚ͘ DƐ͘ WĂƚ DĐ ĂďĞ K D
ŵĂŝů͗ ĨĞĚĞƌĂƚŝŽŶΛƚƉŝĨĞĚ͘ŽƌŐ͘ĂƵ
WŚ͗͘ Ϭϰϭϳ Ϯϵϭ ϱϰϲ