Documents disclosed to several news outlets, including Australian Veteran News, reveal serious concerns about the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). They suggest the DVA misled the Information Commissioner about improperly handling veterans’ medical and personal...
Current Issues
Alison Frame: Change leader looking to make a difference in veterans’ lives.
Saturday 3rd Feb 2024
STORY FROM THE MANDARIN PUBLICATION Alison Frame had a lot of work ahead of her when she became secretary of Department of Veterans’ Affairs just over 12 months ago. Not only was there a backlog of claims to manage but a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran...
Aussie war heroes are ‘not broken’ says Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh
Thursday 30th Nov 2023
Australia’s war veterans are “not broken”, despite the publicity surrounding the royal commission into defence and veteran suicide, the minister for veterans affairs Matt Keogh has told a leading British security think tank. Mr Keogh addressed the Royal United Service...
ADFRA – DFRDB UPDATE – OCTOBER 2023
Monday 16th Oct 2023
We have remained quiet while the question of the Voice was being addressed, but not idle.Earlier this year, we wrote to Senators and Members of Parliament to again express our concerns, and several forwarded them to the Minister, the Hon Matt Keogh MP and the Shadow...
DVA Statement – Veterans’ MATES program
Thursday 10th Aug 2023
In response to recent public commentary on the Veterans MATES program DVA has released this Statement. The Veterans’ MATES program has been operating for more than 18 years to provide a valuable proactive service addressing ‘real life’ health care problems in the...
Consultation on new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy underway
Monday 7th Aug 2023
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has made it abundantly clear that more needs to be done to support the mental health and wellbeing of Defence personnel, veterans and families. We’re taking action. Today I hosted a round-table meeting with mental...
Government shared veterans’ confidential medical data
Monday 31st Jul 2023
Identified medical records belonging to 300,000 veterans, widows and others connected to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs have been routinely provided to a university for cost-saving research without the knowledge or consent of the people involved. The practice,...
Ministerial Summit on Veterans’ Affairs Republic of Korea (ROK)Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Friday 28th Jul 2023
Good Afternoon everyone, I’m so proud to join you to commemorate the service and sacrifice of veterans from each of our nations during the Korean War. Last year I had the honour of meeting 94 year old Captain Norman Goldspink, who was part of Australia’s 1st Battalion...
DVA’s Consultation Guide – assistance re residential aged care
Tuesday 25th Jul 2023
The purpose of this document is to identify questions that will guide stakeholder interviews undertaken during the review of DVA's assistance to veterans for residential aged care. DVA-Consultation-Guide-RACP-NACCFDownload
DFRDB UPDATE – JULY 2023 (Part 2)
Wednesday 19th Jul 2023
Our SituationFor those seeking an overview of our situation, we have condensed the evidence we compiled in the Reduction of DFRDB Defined Benefits video presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QLJE26TC5I into an email Betrayal of Defence Veterans which we have...