31.9.7 Full-time rate (taxable)

If the Reservist client was on full-time service at the time of the injury , NWE is based on the full-time military salary and allowances only, no account is taken of civilian earnings.

Once a client's NWE has been established based on full-time Reserve service, the NWE figure remains the basis for all future weekly compensation entitlements (allowing, of course, for wage increases, etc.). NWE based on full-time Reserve service is not to be reduced after the date on which the Reservist completed or would otherwise have completed their full-time service and proceeded to part-time service.

Source URL: https://clik.dva.gov.au/military-compensation-srca-manuals-and-resources-library/incapacity-handbook/ch-31-normal-weekly-earnings-nwe/319-nwe-military-salary-reservists/3197-full-time-rate-taxable