Welcome to the December 2025 issue of Vetaffairs. You can enjoy it in various forms, as:
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The content below is largely identical to that in the versions above. However, some articles are longer.
News
- Empowering veterans with choice and support for making a claim
- Safeguarding the integrity of veteran support systems
- From the Department
- From the Minister
- DVA services during the holiday season
- Veteran wellbeing agency to open next year
- New framework to strengthen suicide prevention
- Defence and Veterans’ Services Commission up and running
- Commissioner Kahlil Fegan – The role of Australian civil society in enabling our military and veterans
- From bases to backyards: DVA expands veteran support in South-East Queensland
- Changes are coming on 1 July 2026
- Artificial intelligence at DVA
- Boost for some veteran pensions
- Letter to the Editor
Health and Wellbeing
- Supporting veteran mental health over the holiday season
- Funding connection, purpose and community with Veteran Wellbeing Grants
- Defence and Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy
- The high and lows of medicinal cannabis – Associate Professor Jon Lane
- Bonsai brings veterans together
- The new Aged Care Act – what you need to know
- Summer is coming – Dr Anna Colwell
Defence news
Open Arms
- Cheree unwraps the holiday season for veterans
- Son’s book honours Vietnam veteran dad
- Veterans find a sweet spot to help others
- Stacey and Lillie join forces to help veterans
Transition
- Prime Minister’s National Veteran Employment Awards 2025
- Reverend Andrew Nixon – Australia’s inaugural Anglican Archdeacon to Veterans
- Australian Catholic University champions veteran employment and education
Features
Families
Widow's news
- War Widows Day 2025
- Leading a green revolution in commemorative tributes
- Inaugural Queensland Field of Remembrance
- War Widows Honour Roll
ESO news
- Honouring ADF innovation and impact – King’s Trust Australia Awards 2025
- Keith Payne VC Room honours friendship with Nepal
- Greg Melick departs after more than six years of service as National President
Bookshelf
Commemorations
- 75 years since The Malayan Emergency
- Commemorating 80 years since the Second World War
- A gift of peace and friendship in Sandakan
- New podcast series amplifies contemporary veteran voices
- Discover the Lemnos Remembrance Trail online
- Tickets for Anzac Day overseas services now available