To improve the distribution of information from the ESO Round Table meetings, it has been agreed that a short and brief communique should be provided by the ESORT Secretariet 48 hours after each sitting. It does not replace the formal Minutes which when cleared for...
Vetaffairs Vol 40 No 3 August 2024 (adfra.org) We set the record straight about an article which appears in the August 2024 edition of Vetaffairs. To view the article click on the link or paste it into your browser. Selective facts, false dichotomies and false...
Today on Vietnam Veterans’ Day we pay tribute to the more than 60,000 Australian veterans who served in our uniform in Vietnam. We remember the 3,000 Australians wounded in the line of duty and the 523 who lost their lives. Australia’s Vietnam veterans did our...
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Matt Keogh is hosting a series of upcoming Veteran Forums. This is an opportunity for the veteran community to ask questions on the reforms to simplify and harmonise veterans’ compensation legislation, and other matters impacting the...
The Albanese Government is simplifying and harmonising Australia’s veterans’ rehabilitation and compensation system – with new legislation introduced today. Under the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024, all new...
The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on our election commitment to address veteran homelessness with today’s launch of the Veterans’ Acute Housing Program. This Program is funded by the Housing Australia Future Fund, the single biggest investment in social and...
From: ESORT.SECRETARIAT <[email protected] Good Afternoon, The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is running the 2024 Client Insights Survey (formerly Client Satisfaction Survey), which will close on Monday, 8 July 2024. We are...
DVA consults with the ex-service community through its National Conultative Framework: chief amongst it is the ESO Round Table (ESORT) It has been agreed by ESORT members that a Communique will be released after each meeting to keep everyone informed. The...
The Australian Government is investing $477 million in the 2024–25 Budget to build capacity for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs as it delivers on the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. An investment of $194.4 million over...
At the beginning of 2024, consultation was undertaken with the veteran community and other stakeholders on the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024, which sets out a proposed pathway to simplify and harmonise the...