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Budget 2020–21
Last updated:
22 February 2021
Australian Government — Budget 2020–21
Portfolio Budget Statements
DVA PBS
Budget at a Glance
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)
- Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2020–21 (PDF 1.8 MB)
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2020–21 (DOCX 343 KB)
PBS Information Sheets
$101.7 million for Mental Health Support for Veterans and Their Families
- Increasing DVA Fees to Improve Access to Mental Health Support for Veterans (PDF 185 KB)
- Increasing DVA Fees to Improve Access to Mental Health Support for Veterans (DOCX 153 KB)
- Expansion of Open Arms — Veterans and Families Counselling (PDF 230 KB)
- Expansion of Open Arms — Veterans and Families Counselling (DOCX 154 KB)
- Expansion of the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program to White Card Holders (PDF 242 KB)
- Expansion of the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program to White Card Holders (DOCX 153 KB)
$25.9 million for Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Veterans — rent assistance
- Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Veterans — rent assistance (PDF 190 KB)
- Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Veterans — rent assistance (DOCX 150 KB)
$64.1 million for Department of Veterans' Affairs — additional resourcing
- Supplementary Funding for Claims Processing and Services to Veterans and Families (PDF 178 KB)
- Supplementary Funding for Claims Processing and Services to Veterans and Families (DOCX 153 KB)
- Defence/DVA Data Sharing and Analytics Solution (PDF 227 KB)
- Defence/DVA Data Sharing and Analytics Solution (DOCX 150 KB)
$1.1 million for the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII
- Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII (PDF 216 KB)
- Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII (DOCX 153 KB)
$6.0 million for Broadening the Prime Minister's Veterans' Employment Program
- Broadening the Prime Minister's Veterans' Employment Program (PDF 301 KB)
- Broadening the Prime Minister's Veterans' Employment Program (DOCX 156 KB)
Interim Government Response to the Productivity Commission Report
- Interim Government Response to the Report of the Productivity Commission — Information Sheet (PDF 770 KB)
- Interim Government Response to the Report of the Productivity Commission — Information Sheet (DOCX 154 KB)
Defence portfolio measure
- Joint Transition Authority — establishment (PDF 206 KB)
- Joint Transition Authority — establishment (DOCX 154 KB)
Additional information on this measure can be found on the Department of Defence website.
Cross-portfolio measures
Department of Social Services initiatives affecting DVA clients
- COVID-19 Response Package — further economic support payments
- Australia’s Care and Workforce Support Package
Additional information on these initiatives can be found on the Department of Social Services website.
Department of Health initiatives affecting DVA clients
- Strengthening Primary Care — COVID-19 Pandemic Response — Primary care
- Strengthening Primary Care — COVID-19 Pandemic Response — Pathology
- Strengthening Primary Care — Medicare Benefits Schedule Review
- Improving Access to Medicines — listing of new items on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- COVID-19 Response Package — ageing and aged care
Additional information on these initiatives can be found on the Department of Health website.