Applications for next year’s Long Tan Bursaries open on 18 August 2022, Vietnam Veterans’ Day. The Long Tan Bursary helps eligible children and grandchildren of Vietnam veterans pay for their tertiary education. Each year 37 bursaries are awarded to successful...
This Report originated from the RCBRG’s challenge over 15 years to the Government’s decision that RCB service was peacetime service. Despite RCBRG’s evidence (much from the then declassified 212 secret and 16 top secret documents) supporting their claim for warlike...
Hearing Block 3 - SydneyThe Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will hold its third public hearing in Sydney at the Pullman Hotel, Hyde Park from Monday 7 March to Thursday 17 March, 2022. People with lived experience, experts and representatives...
Threats to Australia are increasingly complex. As the Prime Minister warned us on 1 July at the launch of the Defence Strategic Update: “Coercive activities are rife. Disinformation and foreign interference have been enabled and accelerated by new and...
SUPPORT for veterans and their families who may be struggling with mental health conditions or at risk of suicide, will be enhanced through the Community and Peer Program which is currently being rolled out across Australia. The program, run by Open Arms – Veterans...
The Australian Defence Veterans’ Covenant serves to recognise and acknowledge the unique nature of military service and the contribution of veterans and their families. The Covenant is supported by the Veteran Card, Lapel Pin and Oath. These provide the opportunity...
Since being appointed as Minister for Veterans' Affairs The Hon. Darren Chester MP has been interviewed by David Speers Sky News 5th March 2018 and by Tim Shaw radio station Canberra 2 CC on 6th March 2018 Read the David Speers interview transcript...
GWEN Cherne has never worn an army uniform or been involved in active service. But she has devoted decades of her life to the Australian Defence Forces because she loved a man who did.Her husband, Peter Cafe, served in Cambodia, Timor, Afghanistan and Iraq. The...
The new DVA Minister is The Hon. Darren Chester MP (Nationals). We wish him success with these portfolios and offer our assistance and support.
It’s only fair to this house that I state what I hope to focus on as a senator for New South Wales. I will put the people of New South Wales and Australia first, to the best of my ability, in everything this house asks me to consider. The following are some extracts:...