Partner Service Pension access rules expanded
All recipients of the Partner Service Pension through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs will now maintain access for at least
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Nominations open for 2020 PM’s Veterans’ Employment Awards
Nominations for the Prime Minister’s Veterans’ Employment Awards, which highlight the contributions made by veterans in the civilian workforce and
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Australia supports Vietnam’s MIA recovery efforts
As part of the ongoing cooperation between Australia and Vietnam, the Department of Defence has presented the Vietnamese Deputy Minister
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Malaya-Borneo Veterans commemorate in Sarawak
A Service of Commemoration was held in the Sarawak Heroes Memorial Park in Kuching on Saturday 29 August to commemorate
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Malaya-Borneo Veterans Day 2019
On Saturday 24 August 2019, the SA/NT Branch of the National Malaya-Borneo Veterans Association of Australia hosted its annual service
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Still no delivery date on Covenant/Lapel Pin (unrelated to CONTACT subscription)
CONTACT is often asked “where’s my bloody lapel pin”, as if we were responsible for delivery. I kid you not.
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JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ – VETERANS MINISTERIAL COUNCIL
Presented as delivered – no editing… Veteran wellbeing, mental health, homelessness and transition have been the focus of a meeting
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DANGER CLOSE – The Battle of Long Tan – review
WOW – a proper, PROPER, war movie. From go whoah, DANGER CLOSE – The Battle of Long Tan is all
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Brendan Nelson to retire from Australian War Memorial
The government will undertake a nationwide search for a new director of the Australian War Memorial after Brendan Nelson has
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‘A’ Squadron 10th Light Horse parade to mark centenary
Member of A Squadron 10th Light Horse will conduct a parade tomorrow – Saturday 10 August – to mark the
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New booklets to help families after trauma
DVA now has a new resource on line to help families of serving, transitioning or ex-serving members of the Australian
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Lost WWII Catalina positively identified
The Royal Australian Air Force has completed a search and recovery mission in Indonesia for 10 Australian airmen aboard Catalina
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DVA tendering for efficient medical-evidence-gathering system
DVA is seeking to identify a more efficient and effective way to gather medical evidence, in order to facilitate the
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66th Anniversary Korean War Armistice
Today marks 66 years since the Korean War Armistice was signed, ending three years of war in Korea. FILE PHOTO:
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Meritorious Unit Citation – Rwanda
Australian Service Contingents 1 and 2 who served in Rwanda on Operation Tamar were today recognised with the award of a
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Aussie VC going to Ireland
The Australian Army Museum of Western Australia and the Australian Army History Unit has loaned Sergeant Martin O’Meara’s Victoria Cross
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Gold Card targeted in Productivity Commission report on veteran support
The Productivity Commissions report into “A better way to Support Veterans” has been released. FILE PHOTO: An Army Catafalque Party
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Mark Kelly hands Repatriation Commission to Don Spinks
After almost a decade of enhancing the services and support provided to veterans and their families, and the broader ex-service
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100th anniversary of WWI peace treaty
Today marks a century of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, formally ending hostilities during the First World War
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12-visit referral requirement deferred
The requirement for veterans to get a new GP referral after every 12 health-care specialist appointments, which was supposed to
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