Full-time member of the ADF

Full-time member of the ADF

The Defence Force (ADF) comprises:

• the Australian Army, consisting of the Regular Army (previously the “Permanent Military Forces”) and the Army Reserve;
• the Australian Navy, consisting of the Permanent Navy (previously the “Permanent Naval Forces”) and the Naval Reserve); and
• the Australian Air Force, consisting of the Permanent Air Force and the Air Force Reserve).

Members of the Reserves who are in their period of full-time service generally are treated, for compensation purposes, on the same basis as full-time members of the Permanent Forces.

Note that certain members of the ADF may also have an entitlement to compensation under the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986.

See the separate, more detailed discussion of “Defence Force”, which includes discussion of the way in which the SRC Act covers Defence Force personnel and cadets.