The video of the first Hearing of the Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal and the Report of it by Charles Miranda has aroused the Australian public’s interest in this David and Goliath like struggle, now in its 17th year, of the RCB veterans challenge...
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Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal – Rifle Company Butterworth Inquiry – Hearings this week
The first hearing for the Tribunal’s inquiry into medallic recognition for service with Rifle Company Butterworth will be held in Canberra this week. It will be livestreamed from our website https://defence-honours-tribunal.gov.au from 9.30 on...
Courier Mail article – War They Tried to Keep Secret
At last a national media organisation, News Limited media’s Charles Miranda, has exposed publicly in the Courier Mail and the Townsville Bulletin the facts of the Australian Army’s Rifle Company Butterworth deployments (1970-1989) to protect the RAAF assets...
Independent Tribunal to reconsider medallic recognition for Rifle Company Butterworth
The independent Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal will re-examine the issue of medallic recognition for Australians who served with Rifle Company Butterworth in Malaysia between 1970 and 1989. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Andrew Gee...
Defence Community Dogs – Improving the Lives of Veterans. One paw at a Time
Defence Community Dogs provides highly trained Assistance Dogs to Australian Defence Force Veterans. Trained in specific tasks to support mood, depressive and anxiety disorders including PTSD. The dogs who graduate from our program help Veterans to rebuild their lives...
Recognition for ADF members and families
THE Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal will consider recognition for members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) who are injured, wounded or killed in or as a result of their service, and their families. Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester said...