Brisbane Times | Public service Defence pay backlash grows Brisbane Times Close observers have told Fairfax that the Abbott government's latest policy surprise on defence pay puts at risk decades of painstaking effort to build an equitable, rational and durable defence remuneration system. Photo: Andrew Meares. Full public service ... Shots fired over Defence pay win Tony Abbott's soldier pay rise risks dispute with Defence secretary Dennis ... Softly, softly does it on ADF pay |