The Alliance (ADSO) is the Defence Family’s advocate to governments, parliaments and the Australian people. It’s role is to care for the well-being of the Defence Family and protect their service entitlements.
Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has told military personnel their “core business” will always be the “application of lethal violence” and warned “mission clarity” is vital to their work. Key points: Senior government figures said Mr Hastie’s message closely aligned with the directives new Defence Minister Peter Dutton issued to the ADF’s top brass Liberal […]
FOR what they have done this we will do — the simple reason all Australians must ensure the legacy of commemoration continues this Anzac Day. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester said Anzac Day was the most sacred day of commemoration on the Australian calendar and a time for reflection to remember the service and […]
Ben Packham The Australian Newspaper’s Foreign Affairs and Defence correspondent reports 8th April 2021. Peter Dutton says his top priority as Defence Minister is repairing an ADF-wide morale slump that has followed the Brereton report, reassuring the nation’s serving men and women that “the government has their back”. He said Defence’s response to the damning war […]
Dear ESORT members Thank you for your recent feedback on a number of DVA’s grants programs. I am writing to advise that the 2021-22 funding round of the Grants-In-Aid (GIA) program is now open, and will close on Thursday 6 May 2021. The GIA program forms part of the Australian Government’s commitment to support the […]
The ADF does not have a monopoly on suicide in Australia. It is a national scourge that respects neither age, status, profession, rank, race nor social circumstances. No singular interest group has ownership of its causes, its consequences and, possibly more importantly, the effect on those left behind. Nor does it respect future agendas. It […]
The Alliance of Defence Service Organisations (ADSO)1 calls on the Prime Minister toestablish a Royal Commission into veteran suicide.We acknowledge the depth of feeling within the veteran community regarding thetragedy of veteran suicide. ADSO is aware and conscious of the views of both houses ofthe Parliament.If the Prime Minister decides to establish a Royal Commission […]
Dear DFWA members and supporters, You will be aware of the continuing call for a Royal Commission into veteran suicide. This goes back several years, originating from a call for the establishment of a Royal Commission into DVA in 2015/16. Since that time there has been many studies and reviews into DVA, its workings and […]
Labor has established new Senate inquiries into the Totally and PermanentlyIncapacitated (TPI) veteran pension and the Defence Force Retirement and DeathBenefits (DFRDB) military superannuation scheme. This release from Shayne Neumann MP Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel and member for Blair and Senator Kimberley Kitching Chair, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee […]
It is a national tragedy that suicide remains the leading cause of death for young Australian males. It is a complex issue that has been a focus of this government, but sadly more than 3000 Australians take their own lives each year and our veterans’ community is not immune. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare […]
On 18 March 2021 the Senate referred the following matter to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by Thursday, 24 June 2021: Accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) members. Terms of Reference The accuracy of information provided to Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits […]
On 18 March 2021, the Senate referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee the following matter for inquiry and report by 24 June 2021: The TPI payment (Special Rate of Disability Pension), with particular reference to: the purpose, adequacy, structure and indexation arrangements of the TPI pension; the case made, and analysis […]
DVA reassures the veteran community that the services delivered by the Veterans’ Affairs Pharmaceutical Advisory Centre (VAPAC) are not changing. Currently, DVA operates a 24/7 pharmaceutical advisory centre, which provides advice and approval for pharmaceuticals under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS). Concerns have been raised by the veteran community in recent weeks, regarding changes […]