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Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency logo, with words below that read: Service Charter

We’ve co-signed a new Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency Service Charter (the Charter) with the

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Join a free webinar on Thursday 29 October and learn how to make informed choices about mental-health treatment and care.

Goldsworthy Veterans' and Families' Centre. Artist's impression image courtesy of RSLWA

More than 8,000 veterans and families of veterans living across the Southwest Perth region will have access to much-needed support and services through the new Goldsworthy Veterans’ and Families’ Centre, which opened today.

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The latest processing data shows continued improvements across DVA treatment, reimbursement and support services.

ANZAC Dawn Service at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, France.

Veterans and family members of veterans can apply to volunteer as representatives at overseas Anzac Day commemorative services, supporting DVA’s delivery of these services and honouring those who served and the families who supported them.

Australian Women’s Army Service women in Lae, New Guinea, 1945

Australia’s first Women Veterans’ Strategy represents a significant step forward. It provides a coordinated framework to better recognise, understand and respond to the lived experiences of women veterans across service, transition and post-service life.

A lone poppy in the Sculpture Garden at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.

Applications are now open for the 2026-27 Marking (First World War) Private Graves Grants (MPG) Program. The round closes at 9:00pm AEDT on Friday 27 November 2026.

DVA Statement on Afghanistan Commemorative Service banner

DVA's statement on the Afghanistan commemorative service, including clarification of correspondence to families.

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Discover the ways we support veterans to adopt healthy eating habits.

Silhouette of an Australian soldier at sunrise in Afghanistan

This Sunday, we will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the beginning of Australian service in Afghanistan.

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