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Open Arms – Veterans & Family Counselling provides mental health and wellbeing support to veterans, current serving personnel and their immediate families. This support includes free group programs to help build confidence, resilience and independence.
As Australians prepare to commemorate Anzac Day, it’s a timely reminder about the importance of upholding the respect and value of ‘Anzac’.
The IVA has been established as the professional association for veterans’ advocates.
On the morning of 19 February 1942, Japanese forces launched the first of 2 devastating air raids on Darwin that day, bringing the Second World War to Australian soil.
DVA is very concerned by damage to Australian war graves in war cemeteries in Gaza. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission will secure and repair the cemeteries as soon as it is safe to do so.
To make your healthcare visits easier and receive the treatment you’re entitled to, have your Veteran Card ready to go.
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) continues to process outstanding claims as quickly as possible, to deliver much needed help to veterans and families sooner.
Today, the recipients of the third and final round of the Veteran Recognition of Prior Learning– Tertiary Support (RPL) Grant Program, supporting veterans into higher education, were announced.
To safeguard the health and wellbeing of veterans and ensure DVA is funding treatments that are safe