As part of the Government response to the 'Independent Study into Suicide in the Ex-service Community', DVA commissioned the Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention to undertake a review of the Operation Life Suicide Awareness workshops to ensure they were evidenced based. DVA accepted all recommendations made in the final report. 

The Department of Defence and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs commissioned The University of Queensland to use data from 2007/8 studies of deployment to East Timor, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands to investigate the issue of anti-malarial drugs and long-term health.

This report presents the results of a descriptive analysis of self-reported anti-malarial drug use on deployment and self-reported physical and mental health. The analysis focused on the East Timor and Bougainville studies.