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Parents holding young child.

The DVA-funded Mental Health Literacy and Suicide Prevention Training will continue to be offered across the country at no cost to the veteran community through to 30 June 2026.

A black and white photo of Australian Merchant servicemen training in Sydney.

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

A black and white photo of Australian soldiers patrolling in the mud.

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

Glass doors and windows of the new Darwin VAN office

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

minister keogh and others with shovels in the dirt at a sod turning event

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.

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.

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.

Stop. Check. Protect. Orange image with 3 people using their phones and reporting scams

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.

ex-HMAS Tobruk

More than 70 community and major projects will share in some $1.41 million funding through the Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program.

We've made updates to Health Provider Notes

We've strengthened the DVA rules for Health Providers as part of our ongoing focus on provider compliance.

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