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...
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Remembering the Battle for Australia
Wednesday 6th Sep 2023
Today, we commemorate the Battle for Australia, remembering the brave Australians who defended our nation by land, sea and air during the Second World War. When the island fortress of Singapore fell on 15 February 1942, Prime Minister John Curtin said it was...
Warrior Poet George Mansford Poem – God, Please Don’t Strike Our Military Purple
Tuesday 5th Sep 2023
God, Please Don’t Strike Our Military Purple Always has been personal pride of warriors wearing military thread Confident and firm stride, be it off duty or on parade being led Spic and span, and ever so proud, the cloth has always been worn Long, long before...
Long Tan Commemoration Address – By Kel Ryan on 18th August 2023 in Cairns
Wednesday 30th Aug 2023
The Battle of Long Tan is part of the Australian Story – our history, our story! Now, 57 years on the Battle of Long Tan should resonate across all the veterans of the Vietnam War. All, whether you were in the Army, the RAAF, the RAN, or the Merchant Marine It is also...
Vale: Lt Col Harry. A. Smith SG MC (retd) 1933-2023
Thursday 24th Aug 2023
The RAR is saddened by his passing. Lieutenant Colonel Harry Arthur Smith, SG, MC was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War. He was the Officer Commanding D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian...
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...
Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide – Newsletter Edition 20 – 2 August 2023
Sunday 6th Aug 2023
Commission Chair expresses frustration at delays to Defence's mental health reformsThe Chair of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has expressed concern reforms to improve mental health outcomes for Australian Defence Force members are...
Seventy years on, the Korean War still resonates
Sunday 6th Aug 2023
Commemorations in South Korea yesterday, and elsewhere around the world, marked the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice at Panmunjom on 27 July 1953. Today, amid the war in Ukraine and tensions in East Asia that could flare into hostilities,...
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,...