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Defence and Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy open for feedback

ESORT 3 December 2024 – Communique

The Ex-Service Organisations Round Table (ESORT) met on Tuesday, 3 December 2024. A range of issues were discussed during the meeting, including the Government’s response to the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. ESORT Communique...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

Yesterday, 17 September 2024, Clinton McKenzie, Herb Ellerbock and I met with Senator Pauline Hanson and her senior advisor Pat Hancock to discuss an amendment to the DFRDB Act and Explanatory Memorandum we had drafted and presented to her. The amendment to the Act:...

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DFRDB Update – September 2024 (Progress)

ADFRA – DFRDB Commutation and Indexation

Following our response to last month’s article on DFRDB in Vetaffairs, we considered it important to provide more background to the Commutation and Indexation provisions of the DFRDB Act. We have done that with another video which can be viewed by clicking on this...

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Defence and Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy open for feedback

DVA Survey – Have your say

The current National Consultation Framework for ESOs is being reviewed to ensure it continues to best serve the interests of the Australian veteran community.  Click here to access the survey. Submissions are open until Sunday 15 September.

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Defence and Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy open for feedback

Schools honouring the service of local veterans

Primary and secondary students from all over the nation have had the opportunity to discover the stories of veterans in their local communities through the 2024 Anzac Day Schools’ Awards. There’s more to war, conflict and peace operations than what is recorded in...

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Defence and Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy open for feedback

ESORT 27 August 2024 – Communique

To improve the distribution of information from the ESO Round Table meetings, it has been agreed that a short and brief communique should be provided by the ESORT Secretariet 48 hours after each sitting. It does not replace the formal Minutes which when cleared for...

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