Following our response to last month’s article on DFRDB in Vetaffairs, we considered it important to provide more background to the Commutation and Indexation provisions of the DFRDB Act. We have done that with another video which can be viewed by clicking on this...
The current National Consultation Framework for ESOs is being reviewed to ensure it continues to best serve the interests of the Australian veteran community. Click here to access the survey. Submissions are open until Sunday 15 September.
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report has been delivered to the Government and tabled in Parliament today. The Report is an important body of work which marks the culmination of the most significant and comprehensive inquiry conducted into...
Primary and secondary students from all over the nation have had the opportunity to discover the stories of veterans in their local communities through the 2024 Anzac Day Schools’ Awards. There’s more to war, conflict and peace operations than what is recorded in...
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...