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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 [...]
Career prospects bright for South Australian veterans
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has provided positive insights into the employment status and occupations of South Australian veterans. The data revealed in the latest analysis of the 2021 Census shows that people who have served [...]
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 [...]
Funding to honour SA’s military history now open
Ex-service organisations and community groups from across South Australia are invited to apply for funding to support projects that aim to commemorate, engage and educate, with the opening of the annual Anzac Day Commemoration Fund today. Funding of up to [...]
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 [...]
Peacekeeping in Namibia: Justin Brown
Justin Brown was just 20 years old when he was deployed to Namibia, Africa. What would follow was a seven month tour in Southern Africa on a life changing peacekeeping mission and a total of three decades with the Australian Defence [...]
Peacekeeping in Rwanda: Mick Burgess
Brigadier Mick Burgess was a young Australian Army officer when he was deployed to Rwanda. His experience under the United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR) includes encountering child soldiers and the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Mick was interviewed in [...]
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 [...]
VALE Brigadier Laurence (Laurie) John Lewis AM (Retired)
We are greatly saddened to advise of the passing of former Veterans’ Advisory Council Chair and highly respected member of the veteran community, Brigadier Laurie Lewis AM. As well as his significant military service, Brigadier Lewis generously gave back to [...]
Grant applications open to support veteran organisations
Geoff Brock MP Minister for Veterans Affairs Veteran and ex-service organisations will once again have the opportunity to apply for funding to support and strengthen their organisation, with the opening of the 2022-2023 Commemorative Services and Capacity Building grant rounds [...]
