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We’ve enhanced the DVA website to make it easier for veterans, families, advocates and providers to find the support and information they need.

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DVA is implementing a new research and evaluation model known as the Veteran and Family – Learning and Innovation Network of Knowledge (VF-LINK).  

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The Hon Matt Keogh MP, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel, launched the Defence and Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-2030 (the Strategy) in Parliament today. 

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On this day, 3 September, we commemorate Merchant Navy Day.

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Each year, on the first Wednesday in September, we commemorate the Battle for Australia Day.

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The Darwin VAN is relocating to a new, more accessible location in the heart of the city.

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This event symbolised the beginning of construction on 16 purpose-built transitional housing units, designed to support WA veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The headstone of First World War veteran Private George Thomas Wetzel. Courtesy of Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program recipient @The Headstone Project SA.

Applications are open for the 2025-26 Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants Program.

An Australian soldier waiting for his men to alight from an armoured truck on a road through a rubber estate in Perak, 1956.

This Sunday is Malaya and Borneo Veterans’ Day. On 31 August, we commemorate all Australians who served in the Malayan Emergency, in Thai-Malay border operations, and the Indonesian Confrontation.

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Scams Awareness Week 2025 is Monday 25 August to Friday 29 August. This year we are reminded to "Stop. Check. Protect.” It's time to stop scammers in their tracks.

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