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...
The following support request is provided by Paul Scanlan Founder Vigil Australia and endorsed by Brigadier Mark Smethurst, DSC, AM (Ret’d) Chairman The Commando Welfare TrustThe Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and Blast Overpressure (BOP)...
The Albanese Government has today released its response to the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, setting out a plan for real, meaningful and enduring reform for Defence personnel, veterans and families. The Royal Commission was the...
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:...
Source: The Australian 18th September 2024. Article by Ben Packham The military watchdog that ruled the ADF’s most senior officers were not accountable for war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan is widely seen as being “umbilically linked” to...
The Royal Australian Regiment Association (RARA) is deeply concerned with the Government’s decision to revoke distinguished service awards from a number of young ADF officers named in the final Brereton Report (6 November 2020). Of the Report’s 143 recommendations,...
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...
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.
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Final Report has been delivered to the Government and tabled in Parliament today. The Report is an important body of work which marks the culmination of the most significant and comprehensive inquiry conducted into...
The Commissioners at a press conference at Parliament House this morning. The Commissioners have delivered the Final Report Commissioners Nick Kaldas APM (Chair), the Hon James Douglas KC and Dr Peggy Brown AO delivered the Final Report of the Royal Commission into...