Veterans’ Law Updates

The Australian Government has launched the country’s first Women Veterans’ Strategy. The strategy is intended to improve how Defence, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the wider veteran-support system recognise and respond to women’s experiences during service, transition and post-service life. It addresses six areas: visibility and inclusion; physical and mental health; safety and trust;

Veterans can check many of the medical and allied health services claimed from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs through services linked to myGov. Reviewing this information can help you identify consultations, prescriptions or services you do not recognise. It can also help you maintain a more complete record of the treatment and evidence connected with

The Australian Government has announced that service with Rifle Company Butterworth in Malaysia between 1970 and 1989 will be reclassified from peacetime service to non-warlike service. The decision follows a Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal inquiry and years of advocacy by Butterworth veterans, their families and ex-service organisations. The announcement is an important form