9.7.4 Payment Rate and Offsetting

ADA is paid as a weekly periodic amount and is subject to indexation. The maximum weekly rate of ADA is prescribed in section 220B of the MRCA as ‘one half of the rate payable for EDA under subsection 22(4) of the VEA’. 

There are offsetting arrangements in place for ADA which mirror those applied to the SRDP under Part 6 of the MRCA and section 14A of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 (C&TP Act). These provisions are set out in sections 202C(3) to 202C(7). Specifically, there is a dollar-for-dollar reduction for any periodic permanent impairment payment a person is receiving, or the periodic equivalent of any permanent impairment lump sum received.  There is also a further reduction of 60 cents for each dollar of Commonwealth-funded superannuation the person has received or is receiving. 

ADA offsetting arrangements are the same as the offsetting for SRDP therefore delegates can use the guidance provided at 13.07 Offsets to assist with determining the relevant amount to offset for ADA purposes. 

Offsetting ensures people are not being compensated for equivalent effects from multiple sources.