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Members are to follow the travel policy in relation to the use of the Defence Travel card published on TravelConnect.

9.5.13 Purpose

9.5.14 member this division applies to.

In the total workforce system, this includes a member in any Service category, except Service category 1.

9.5.15 Meaning of normal accommodation stock

9.5.16 accommodation while living out on a journey.

Example:  A member is to travel to Townsville. There are several hotels in normal accommodation stock in Townsville. The member makes a choice, and uses that accommodation. The member pays for it with the Defence travel card.

Non-example:  A member is to travel to Townsville. The member looks at the Townsville hotels in normal accommodation stock and prefers another hotel. The member cannot book in the other hotel instead. The member must use a Townsville hotel in normal accommodation stock.

Example:  A member needs to travel to Townsville at short notice. There are no rooms in normal accommodation stock available as they have all been booked. The member asks the service provider if there is accommodation available in Townsville that is not in normal accommodation stock. The service provider is able to supply a room, at greater cost to Defence. As the member needs to travel, the CDF approves the more expensive accommodation. The member uses the Defence travel card to pay for the room.

Example:  A member is at a remote airport late at night and the airline advises the plane has been delayed until morning. The member tries to contact the contracted service provider but fails. The member chooses to use a nearby motel which is not supplied by the contracted service provider. The CDF approves the use of the motel.

Non-example:  A member has found accommodation that is slightly cheaper than normal accommodation stock. Not using the contracted service provider undermines the Commonwealth's contractual obligations. The CDF does not approve the use of the accommodation.

9.5.17 Meals and incidentals while living out on a journey

Example:  A member who stays with relatives.

9.5.18 Limits on payment for accommodation and meals

Example for paragraph a:  A member who travelled by air would not be eligible for an amount for a meal provided during a flight on an aircraft chartered by Defence. However, the member would be eligible for an amount for a meal period during which the member was on an ordinary commercial flight. This is because the meals provided on commercial flights are not of a consistent standard and may not be made available on turbulent flights.

Example for paragraph b:  The member is not eligible for breakfast if it was provided as part of an accommodation tariff.

Example:  A member who stayed privately with a friend or relative during a travel period would not be eligible to use cash withdrawn from the travel card to pay their friend or relative for the accommodation.

9.5.19 When there is no eligibility for incidentals

Example:  A member who is not entitled to field allowance may be eligible for incidentals if they meet either of these conditions.

Non-examples:  A member would not be eligible for incidentals in any of these situations.

They travel on a journey which has not been approved as being at Commonwealth expense. For example, as a voluntary exchange of postings with another member.

They break the journey for personal reasons.

They are on recreation leave travel under  Part 4 Division 1  of this Chapter.

They are posted to the location where they are already serving on temporary duty, from the date the posting takes effect.

9.5.20 Member occupying living-in accommodation

9.5.21 keeping accommodation while occupying living-in accommodation on temporary duty, 9.5.22 travel for more than 21 days, 9.5.23 limits on travel costs for journey longer than 21 days, 9.5.24 accommodation and meals for resident family, 9.5.25 incidentals for a member on a course, 9.5.26 overnight stay following a period of reserve service.

In the total workforce system, a member on Reserve service may be described as a member in Service category 3, 4 or 5. A member on Service option C is not a member on Reserve service.

9.5.27 Eligibility for incidentals at annual Reserve camp

9.5.28 recall from recreation leave or long service leave, 9.5.29 additional payment toward travelling costs, 9.5.30 end of eligibility.

A member must confirm their costs on the travel card using the Defence travel card management system. They must do this within 28 days after they end their travel.

If the member has spent more on the travel card than they were eligible for (including any extra amount approved by CDF), they must repay the difference.

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will travel to Maxwell Air Force Base Friday, September 13, 2024, and will accompany First Lady Jill Biden to highlight the new universal pre-kindergarten program being implemented at Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools. Secretary Austin will also conduct a troop engagement and give remarks announcing the fourth iteration of his "Taking Care of Our People" initiative, which is a top priority for the Department of Defense and a core readiness issue.

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Travel to Timor-Leste for the 25th Anniversary of the International Force East Timor

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13 September 2024

Today, I will travel to Timor-Leste to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the deployment of the International Force East Timor (INTERFET) in Dili. 

INTERFET was an Australian-led multinational peacekeeping task force, authorised through a United Nations Security Council Resolution, to assist with restoring peace and security in Timor-Leste.

When the Timorese people took the courageous step of voting for independence in 1999 and asked the international community for help to secure their nation, Australia answered.

Led by General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) from 1999-2000, INTERFET remains Australia's largest peacekeeping mission to date, and at the time was our largest overseas military deployment since the Vietnam War.

Australia played a central role, contributing 5,500 Australian Defence Force (ADF) members to INTERFET, alongside personnel from more than 20 contributing nations. 

It is an honour to mark this significant milestone alongside General Cosgrove, and a number of Australian Defence Force veterans who are returning to Timor-Leste, very fittingly on the 77 th anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping. 

INTERFET continues to symbolise the importance of international partners working together in support of a peaceful, prosperous and resilient region. 

Australia is proud to be Timor-Leste’s largest development and security partner and we remain close friends.

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Media can access imagery/vision at http://images.defence.gov.au/S20242686

The Australian National Commemorative Service to commemorate 25 years of Australian service in Timor-Leste will be held from 10:00am at the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra in Australia on Friday 20 September.

For more information go to  www.dva.gov.au/timor-leste25 . 

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Britain to Expel Russian Defense Attaché and Close Some Diplomatic Sites

The British home secretary, James Cleverly, accused Russia’s domestic intelligence agency of a pattern of “malign activity” in Britain and Europe.

By Mark Landler

Reporting from London

Britain’s diplomatic feud with Russia escalated on Wednesday after the British government announced it would expel a senior Russian diplomat who officials claim is an “undeclared” military intelligence officer, and also shut down several Russian diplomatic facilities in the country.

The government accused Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service, or F.S.B., of a pattern of “malign activity” in Britain and Europe, including hacking and leaking trade documents relating to the United States, and targeting of British lawmakers through malicious email campaigns.

James Cleverly, the British home secretary, told Parliament that the government was announcing the retaliatory measures “to make clear to Russia that we will not tolerate such apparent escalations.”

Britain’s action came two days after the Russian Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the British ambassador to Moscow to lodge a “strong protest” over remarks the British foreign secretary, David Cameron, had made about Ukraine’s using weapons supplied by Britain to strike Russian territory.

The British Foreign Office disputed that the envoy, Nigel Casey, had been summoned, characterizing it instead as a “diplomatic meeting” in which, it said, he had “reiterated the United Kingdom’s support for Ukraine in the face of unprovoked Russian aggression.”

Whatever the diplomatic nuances, it is clear Britain’s relations with Russia — already among the most brittle of any between Moscow and a NATO member — are tumbling into an even deeper freeze. Russia’s Foreign Ministry vowed a “tough and measured” response, according to a statement.

“We consider extremely irresponsible and categorically unacceptable the claims of the British about the alleged involvement of our country in certain malicious actions,” said Maria V. Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the ministry.

Mr. Cleverly said Britain would expel the diplomat, a defense attaché whom he did not identify, and put new restrictions on visas for Russian diplomats, limiting the amount of time they can spend in Britain. He said Russia had tried to destabilize a British research group that focused on combating disinformation.

Britain will also strip the diplomatic status of Russian-owned properties, including Seacox Heath , a house in East Sussex that the Russian embassy has used as a weekend retreat for its staff, and a trade and defense office in Highgate, in London. Mr. Cleverly said these facilities “have been used for intelligence purposes.”

In addition to its operations in Britain, Mr. Cleverly accused Russia of plotting to sabotage German military aid for Ukraine and of carrying out espionage in Italy and Bulgaria. Among its activities, he said, were cyber and disinformation campaigns and the jamming of signals to disrupt civil aviation.

In a statement, Mr. Cameron, the foreign secretary, said, “Since the illegal invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s attempts to undermine U.K. and European security have become increasingly brazen.”

“These measures are an unequivocal message to the Russian state — their actions will not go unanswered,” he said.

It was the second time this week that Britain accused a hostile foreign actor of cyberattacks. In the first announcement on Tuesday — involving a large-scale breach of the payroll data of British military personnel — it did not name the country behind the attack. Lawmakers pointed the finger at China.

Asked whether Chinese hackers were responsible, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain said China was “acting in a way that is more authoritarian at home, assertive abroad.” Britain, he added, was confronting “an axis of authoritarian states, including Russia, Iran, North Korea and China.”

Britain’s tensions with Russia date back decades. But they deepened in 2018, after a former Russian intelligence agent and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent in Salisbury, England. Britain blamed Russia’s military intelligence and expelled 23 diplomats it branded as undeclared intelligence officers.

In 2020, a British parliamentary committee concluded that Russia had mounted a prolonged campaign to undermine Britain’s democracy — using tactics from disinformation, meddling in elections, funneling dirty money and employing members of the House of Lords. Russia dismissed the conclusions as “Russophobia.”

Britain was one of the first NATO countries to supply weapons to Ukraine, as it faced a threat from Russian troops in early 2022. A succession of British leaders, including Mr. Sunak and one of his predecessors, Boris Johnson — have staked out positions as stalwart defenders of Ukraine against Russia.

Mr. Cameron, who also served as prime minister, lobbied Republicans in Washington to extend American military aid to Ukraine, even paying a visit to former President Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, his estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

Mr. Cameron provoked a furious reaction in Moscow when he suggested during a recent visit to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, that Ukraine “absolutely has the right to strike back at Russia,” including with British weapons. The United States and other suppliers of arms have generally discouraged strikes on Russian territory because of fears that it could draw the West further into the war.

In its statement after calling in the British ambassador, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Mr. Cameron was “de facto recognizing his country as a party to the conflict.”

“The ambassador was called upon to think about the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London,” the ministry said.

Britain’s suspicion of Russia extends even to the British royal family. Researchers in Britain reported that a Kremlin-linked disinformation network had spread spurious reports on social media about the health problems of Catherine, Princess of Wales, with a goal of inflaming divisions and eroding trust in institutions.

Catherine disclosed in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer, which quieted those rumors. But with Britain only months away from an anticipated general election, researchers and government officials are on guard for evidence of further Russian efforts to destabilize the country.

Anton Troianovski contributed reporting.

An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the agency Britain accused. It is the Federal Security Service, or F.S.B., which is Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, not its foreign intelligence service. The error was repeated in a capsule summary and a picture caption.

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Mark Landler is the London bureau chief of The Times, covering the United Kingdom, as well as American foreign policy in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He has been a journalist for more than three decades. More about Mark Landler

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