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Expanded mentoring program launches to support SA veteran community
Joe Szakacs MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Applications are now open for the 2025 Veterans SA Career and Business Mentoring program, which has expanded its support to assist adult children of military families to navigate career and business pathways. Recognising the unique challenges often faced by the veteran community in defining their career and business goals post-service, the program equips [...]
Minister pays respects at Singapore war memorial
Joe Szakacs MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Veterans’ Affairs Minister Joe Szakacs has visited Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore today, laying a wreath and paying his respects to Australians who lost their lives defending Malaya and Singapore during World War II. The Malayan Campaign ran between 1941 and 1942, with Australia joining Allied forces to resist the Japanese invasion of [...]
Scholarship program extended for veterans
Joe Szakacs MP Minister for Veterans' Affairs The Malinauskas Government is continuing its successful Veterans SA Tertiary Scholarship Program in 2025, building on the outcomes of this year’s pilot, which saw 18 South Australians supported to pursue their study ambitions. The pilot was launched in May this year to help ease the financial burden of undertaking higher education faced by [...]
South Australia commemorates Remembrance Day
Joe Szakacs MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs South Australians will gather at Remembrance Day services across the state today to pause and honour those who have served and given their lives to protecting our nation. Marking the anniversary of the Armistice that ended fighting with Germany in World War I, Remembrance Day is an occasion to remember the legacy of [...]
Honouring our fallen soldiers in Korea
Veterans’ Affairs Minister Joe Szakacs has visited the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul to honour Australians who lost their lives during the Korean War, while in the country as part of a broader trade mission. The War Memorial of Korea, serves as a poignant reminder of the sacrifices made during the Korean War. Situated on the former site of [...]
Headstone Project funded for further three years
The Malinauskas Government will provide $60,000 in funding over the next three years to the Headstone Project SA, which aims to restore the memory of World War I veterans in unmarked graves across South Australia. The funding, provided through Veterans SA, underscores the State Government’s ongoing commitment to honouring South Australia’s lost war heroes, having already contributed $114,000 to the [...]
Funding boost ahead of important anniversary
Fifteen projects across South Australia have been awarded funding from the State Government through the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II (WWII) Grant Fund. More than $130,000 has been allocated to projects that commemorate and preserve the state’s WWII history, and honour the contributions made by South Australians. The grant fund has been established in the lead [...]
Anzac spirit supported by new funding
Ten projects across the state have been awarded grant funding through the 2023-24 Anzac Day Commemoration Fund, with a total of $84,677 awarded to community initiatives that honour the legacy of our military history and commemorate Anzac Day. Among the successful recipients were the Penola Town Square Working Group Inc. that received $16,250 to restore pavers at the Penola Town [...]
Funding boost for SA’s veteran organisations
Joe Szakacs MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs The State Government has announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 Veterans SA Commemorative Services and Capacity Building Grant rounds, with more than $36,000 awarded to South Australian organisations. Community groups, RSLs and veteran-focused organisations from across the state were among the 16 recipients to receive funding. Administered by Veterans SA, the two funds [...]
Final call to apply for grants honouring WWII history
Applications close 30 June for a State Government program that commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In 2025, the nation will mark 80 years since the end of Australia’s involvement in World War II, on 15 August 1945. The date marks Japan’s acceptance of the Allied demand for unconditional surrender, which for Australians meant the [...]
New scholarship unlocking higher education opportunities for veterans and partners
A new Veterans SA pilot program is offering financial support to veterans and partners of current and former Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, to undertake training or higher education study that improves their job prospects. Launched last week, the Veterans SA Tertiary Scholarship Program was developed in response to community feedback about the financial barriers to higher education faced by [...]
SA marks inaugural Veterans’ Families Day
Joe Szakacs MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs South Australian veteran and defence families are being formally acknowledged today through a nation-first day of recognition for the heroes behind the heroes. Commencing today, Veterans’ Families Day will be officially marked on 15 May each year in South Australia to recognise the contributions and personal sacrifices of current and former Australian Defence [...]
