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An Army Catafalque Party member rests on arms reversed as a Navy bugler salutes during an Anzac Day dawn service at Monument Hill, Fremantle, Western Australia. ADF photo.

Gold Card targeted in Productivity Commission report on veteran support

04/07/201904/07/2019 Brian Hartigan 2451 Views 3 Comments

The Productivity Commissions report into “A better way to Support Veterans” has been released. FILE PHOTO: An Army Catafalque Party

Former RSM-A Don Spinks, Major General Mark Kelly and Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester.

Australian News Veterans

Mark Kelly hands Repatriation Commission to Don Spinks

28/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 708 Views 0 Comments

After almost a decade of enhancing the services and support provided to veterans and their families, and the broader ex-service

A painting by Joseph Finnemore in 1919 to commemorate the signing of the peace treaty in Versailles, capturing a moment during the signing ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Oil on linen, 165 x 247cm. Australian War Memorial ART16770.

News Overseas Veterans

100th anniversary of WWI peace treaty

28/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 500 Views 0 Comments

Today marks a century of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending hostilities during the First World War

Free annual health check, for five years, for veterans leaving the ADF after 1 July 2019.

Australian News Veterans

12-visit referral requirement deferred

27/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 709 Views 0 Comments

The requirement for veterans to get a new GP referral after every 12 health-care specialist appointments, which was supposed to

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove with Australian Victoria Cross recipients (from right), Keith Payne VC, Corporal Mark Donaldson VC, Corporal Daniel Keighran VC and Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG, and then Chief of Army Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, on a visit to Australian troops in Baghdad, Iraq (August 2015).

Australian News Veterans

Minister refutes media reports re VC entitlements

27/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1474 Views 2 Comments

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester put out a statement today refuting media suggestions that travel entitlements for

Australian News Veterans

Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit

25/06/201928/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 541 Views 0 Comments

A Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit will be held in Canberra tomorrow. DPS AUSPIC photo The summit will bring together

ADF Australian News Veterans

New 5-year Veteran Health Checks for discharging ADF

21/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 876 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester today announced that from 1 July 2019, all Australian Defence Force personnel

A trained PTSD dog on an airplane with its owner. CSTDA photo.

Australian News Veterans

Veterans wanted for assistance-dog trial

18/06/201918/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 767 Views 0 Comments

A second cohort of assistance-dog-trial puppies will soon be recruited at La Trobe University and suitable Melbourne-based veterans are being

RAAF Flight Sergeant Ben Morgan (right), celebrates winning bronze in an Australian clean sweep of the cycle street race with (from left) silver medallist Jason McNulty and gold medallist Tim Grover at the Warrior Games 2018. Photo by Leading Seaman Jason Tufrey

ADF Australian Invictus Games News Veterans

Aussie team headed to Warrior Games 2019

14/06/201914/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 531 Views 0 Comments

A team of 24 competitors from the Australian Defence Force and Veteran Sport Australia (VSA) will compete at the 2019

Major General Greg Melick, December 2011. Photo by Sergeant Andy Hall.

Australian News Veterans

Major General Greg Melick elected RSL National President

12/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1320 Views 0 Comments

The RSL has a new national president – Major General Greg Melick. John King, President of the ACT Branch of the

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove accepts three cheers for Her Majesty the Queen during his final military parade before retiring – the annual Trooping of the Queen's Colour – at the Royal Military College - Duntroon. Photo by Leading Seaman Craig Walton.

Australian Australian Army News Veterans

Cosgrove’s last stand – Trooping the Queen’s Colour

09/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1043 Views 0 Comments

. A ceremonial “Trooping of the Queen’s Colour” was conducted by the Corps of Staff Cadets of the Royal Military

Members of 1st Armoured Regiment observe a presentation on the Battle of Binh Ba, presented by B Squadron soldiers. 1st Armoured Regiment photo.

Australian Australian Army News Veterans

1st Armoured Regiment mark Battle of Binh Ba 50th Anniversary

07/06/201927/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 1783 Views 2 Comments

To commemorate the Battle of Binh Ba, current troop leaders, tank crewman and RAEME personnel from B Squadron, 1st Armoured

News Veterans

The Younger Heroes reconnecting kids with serving/veteran parents

07/06/201907/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 510 Views 0 Comments

Recognising that service personnel and veterans often miss a lot of quality time with their loved ones – especially with

Centurion tanks from 1st Armoured Regiment, and armoured personnel carriers from B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, move along the main road of Binh Ba village. Over three days, armour and infantry dislodged a strong North Vietnamese Army group that had entered the village, for the loss of one Australian killed in action. AWM BEL/69/0389/VN. Binh Ba.

Australian Australian Army News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

Battle of Binh Ba 50th Anniversary Service

06/06/201905/06/2019 Brian Hartigan 703 Views 0 Comments

. Veterans of the Battle of Binh Ba and members of the community will gather at the Australian Vietnam Forces

North West Mobile Force soldier Private Corinthian Noketta from the Wallman Community in Turkey Creek radios information to command elements during a patrol activity on Operation Resolute on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Photo by Gunner Shannon Joyce. 24 year-old Private Corinthian joined NORFORCE in 2001 and works as a signaller and coax man on water patrols. Private Corinthian is a Community Dole Project (CDP) participant at home, but wants to get training as a ranger to do more for his land. When Private Corinthian returns from patrol, the first thing he plans to do is roll out his 1980 Falcon Fairmont for a cruise around Katherine. Private Corinthian plays Australian Rules Football for Klarno.

ADF Australian News Veterans

ADF praised on Indigenous-employment record during Reconciliation Week

31/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 626 Views 0 Comments

Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel Darren Chester says the Australian Defence Force is continuing to improve its record as

A dedication ceremony for the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial on Anzac Parade, Canberra. Photo by Jay Cronan.

ADF Australian News Veterans

International UN Peacekeepers Day

29/05/201929/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 530 Views 0 Comments

Today is International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers and we are encouraged to recognise those personnel who have contributed

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Malaya at War conference and war-sites tour

07/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 713 Views 0 Comments

This year in August, the War History Institute is organising the first Military History Conference in Asia that commemorates the

New Zealand Army Vietnam Veterans in front of NZ7002 – the same Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules that flew them to the Vietnam War on 8 May 1969. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Veterans

NZ Vietnam Vets fly same Herc that took them to war, to 50th reunion

07/05/201907/05/2019 Brian Hartigan 1259 Views 0 Comments

New Zealand Army veterans took a trip down memory lane today when they flew to Christchurch on the same Royal

Veterans from 161 Battery 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery, receive an Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry at Linton Military Camp from Major General Gregory Bilton, Forces Commander Australian Army. NZDF photo.

New Zealand News Overseas Veterans

15 Kiwis receive Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry

05/04/2019 Brian Hartigan 2107 Views 1 Comment

Fifteen veterans who supported Australian troops in the Vietnam War have been the first soldiers from a New Zealand military

Australian News Veterans

2019 Federal Budget – Veterans

03/04/2019 Brian Hartigan 1354 Views 1 Comment

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester has released the following summation of the 2019-20 Federal Budget and how it affects