On a similar topic, BG has there been any word along the Centrelink grapevine about whether any consideration has been given for Defence families with regards an exclusion to the reporting of 'tax free' income.

It's just obscene that blood money that they are being paid to be shot at, at the behest of the Australian Government, is now counted by Centrelink. If you partner deploys frequently and irregularly it will be impossible to predict income for the year plus most Defence families revert to fairly low incomes when their partners at on Australian soil - it will be an overpayment nightmare for a lot of Defence families, especially as there is already a lot of confusion regarding pay and entitlements in the first place.