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Veterans and families of veterans are invited to subscribe for regular updates from the Veteran Family Commissioner and the Repatriation Commissioner.

Veteran Games

A message from Veteran Support Force The Veteran Games will return to Darwin on Friday 18 September

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Backed by more than $3.5 million in funding, 64 community-based projects will receive funding through the 2025–26 Veteran Wellbeing Grants Program.

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Today, we pause to remember all Australians who served in the Korean War. Korean Veterans’ Day marks the signing of the armistice in 1953, which ended the fighting in Korea.

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The Peak Body Project is hosting a third online information session for ex-service organisations (ESOs), veteran serving organisations (VSOs), service providers, veterans, families of veterans and other interested members of the veteran community.

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Attend the ‘Conducting real-world research that improves veteran and family wellbeing’ webinar on 30 July.

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Information from our community, including veterans, families of veterans, and providers is important in helping us to detect wrongdoing.

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Next month, on Vietnam Veterans’ Day, 18 August, we will pause to remember and honour the service and sacrifices of all who served in the Vietnam War, and the families who supported them during the war and since. We have developed a digital Vietnam War Kitbag of resources to help organisations, schools and community groups.

Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs

Due to a planned outage of the Department of Defence’s PMKeyS system, new MyService registrations

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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.

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