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Government delivers for commemorative activities
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs The recipients of the first grant round of the 2022-2023 Anzac Day Commemoration Fund have been announced today, as well as an opening date for a second funding round in 2023. Seven ex-service [...]
Have your say to improve Veteran health
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs South Australian veterans are invited to have their say to improve access to health care and support their wellbeing. Anyone who has served in the Australian Defence Force – past or present – [...]
Veterans SA release community driven strategy for 2023
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs The Veterans SA Strategic Outlook has been updated to include new deliverables that will drive the agency’s activities to support South Australia’s veteran community in 2023. The updated strategy has been influenced by [...]
More affordable healthcare for Defence families
The Hon Matt Keogh MP Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel Healthcare is set to become more affordable for Defence families, with the expansion of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) Family Health Program from today. Families can now [...]
New resource helps veterans make SA their home base
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Veterans SA has launched a new website today that will serve as a one-stop hub for current and former Defence members and their families moving to or thinking of transitioning to South Australia. [...]
New pilot program offers SA defence families space to grow
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Applications are now open for a new pilot program designed to enable partners of Australian Defence Force members to focus on their career and building a supportive community network. Participants in the Cowork [...]
New Veterans’ Advisory Council for South Australia
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs The South Australian Veterans’ Advisory Council welcomes eight new members, including a new council Chair, to help drive better outcomes for South Australia’s veteran community. The new appointments reflect a broad range of [...]
Boosting home ownership for our ADF members and veterans
The Hon Matt Thistlethwaite MP Assistant Minister for Defence Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Assistant Minister for The Republic The Albanese Labor Government is delivering cost of living relief for more Australian Defence Force (ADF) members and veterans with key [...]
South Australia commemorates Remembrance Day 2022
Blair Boyer MP Acting Minister for Veterans' Affairs Today South Australians will pause to honour the service and sacrifice of veterans and their families at Remembrance Day services across the state. At 11am on 11 November 1918, with the signing [...]
Veterans prioritised in federal budget
The Hon Richard Marles MP Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Defence The Hon Matt Keogh MP Minister for Veterans' Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel The Australian Government is investing in a better future for Defence personnel, veterans and families, responding [...]
New funding to ensure First Nations veterans remembered
First Nations veterans who have been laying in unmarked graves, or graves that have fallen into disrepair, will be appropriately recognised and commemorated thanks to new funding announced for Aboriginal Veterans South Australia (AVSA) today. The AVSA Grave Dedication Project [...]
South Australia reflects on 75 years of peacekeeping operations
Today marks 75 years since the first Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel were deployed under a United Nations mandate to provide peacekeeping support to the Dutch East Indies during its independence struggle in 1947. Since this time, tens of thousands [...]
