Read the full article here, The following excerpts from that article are specific to her comparative injustice commentary. The process followed by the government, and in particular the Department of Finance, to settle this claim was so outrageously out of line with...
2022 Federal Election
CENSUS SHOWCASES GARRISON CITY SERVICE
Townsville’s status as Australia’s largest garrison city has been confirmed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the release of the Census 2021 results today. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh said the results of the Census 2021 has shown that Townsville...
Disappointment: No Response to our Question, “What’s Your Policies vis-a-vis ADSO’s Veteran Policies?”
We asked this specific question of the LNP and ALP with the intent to inform our Defence Family of the responses in this Comparison Table ADSO-20220517-ADSO-POLICIES-LNP-and-ALP-Comparison-Table-1Download Knowing that the Military Superannuation and Military...
Election 2022 – Information: Veterans’ Policies – LNP and ALP Comparison
ADSO, as a national advocacy voice for the Australian Defence Family of current and past serving men and women and their families, is responsible to inform our Family and all Australians of the major political parties’ veterans policies and their response to ADSO’s...
LNP & ALP, What’s Your Policies vis-a-vis ADSO’s Veteran Policies?
ADSO’s National Spokesperson Mike von Berg has asked this question of the LNP and ALP leadership and their relevant Defence and DVA appointees today. He seeks a response by the 13th May 2022 to inform the Defence and Veteran Family prior to the 21st May 2022 Election...
Australian Values Party – Election 2022: Veterans Policy
The Australian Values Party is a new political party created by Heston Russell a younger veteran. Its purpose is to promote a government with a sense of responsibility and accountability to the Australian people, to protect the Australian values and promote the...
Government boosts investment in veteran support services
The Commonwealth government has unveiled a plan to establish a new network of veteran support facilities across the country. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a $70 million investment in the development of 14 new Veteran Wellbeing Centres in NSW, Victoria,...
RSL Media Release – Veteran Funding Must be Demand-Driven and Not Victim of Budget and Election Cycles
The Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) has called on the next Australian Government to commit to funding of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) to a level sufficient to meet the needs of the Australian veteran community. As well, this funding must...
Media Release – Labor Will End the Veterans’ Crisis
An Albanese Labor Government will fix the crisis in Veterans’ Affairs and restore the respect our veterans and their families deserve.Under this government, the backlog of unresolved claims for veterans’ support has blown out to 60,000. It took one of Mr Morrison’s...
Warriors to Wonder if Sacrifice is Worthwhile
JUST when you thought it was safe to leave the bunker, someone called an election. This column tries to focus on defence, though Australia’s future defence is critically dependent on who controls the treasury benches come June. Whoever has their hands on the wheel...