IF and when accidental senator Jim Molan is sworn in by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove, Australia’s currently dysfunctional parliament will likely experience a renaissance. Molan should never have been an accidental senator save for NSW Liberal Party factional...
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The Royal Australian Regiment – 69 th Anniversary
On the 23rd November 1948 the first three battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment were formed, beginning an ongoing chapter of Australia’s military service history that is still evolving. Today, The Royal Australian Regiment Family comprises seven serving...
QUEENSLAND STATE ELECTION – Summary of Parties’ Positions on Issues Affecting Former and Current ADF Members and Their Families.
DFWA contacted the ALP, LNP, Greens, One Nation and Katter Parties and sought their position on veteran issues which fall under the remit of the State and that had been raised through the Qld Veterans Advisory Council, or by DFWA, other ESO and community groups. All...
RAR 69th Birthday Function – Saturday 25 November 2017 Perth WA
The RARA - WA Branch will be holding a function to celebrate the Royal Australian Regiment's 69th Birthday at the Grosvenor Hotel on Saturday 25 November 2017 from 5:00 to 11.00 PM. The Grosvenor Hotel is close to public transport and they have allocated a...
Opening of 2RAR Display – Vietnam Veterans Association of Australian National Museum
Notice from Gordon W. Hurford, AM, Secretary 2 RAR Association, Inc The 2RAR display at the VVAA National Museum has, over the last few months, been radically upgraded. The work was done by Max Ingles and Noel Rumsey with some assistance from Allan Roberts in the...
VETERANS’ HEALTH WEEK 2017
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan today encouraged current and former members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their family members to take part in events across Australia as part of the annual Veterans’ Health Week (VHW). Mr Tehan said this...
Book “Raid on Celtic Wood” – What really happened to Australia’s ‘Lost Company’ in 1917
This book holds the answer to what really happened to Australia’s ‘lost company’ at Celtic Wood on the 9th October, 1917. Description by Robert Kearney This book holds the answer to what really happened to Australia’s ‘lost company’ at Celtic Wood on the 9th October,...
RARA WA 2017 AGM – Election Results
The 2017 AGM was held yesterday at the Belmont RSL and a new Executive Committee was voted in: President - Peter James Heeney V. President - Derek Parsons Secretary - John Babbage (Jack) Treasurer - Duncan Warren Committee Members (to...
ALP – REPLY TO MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON VETERANS AND FAMILIES
The Hon Amanda Rishworth MP Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs replies to the DVA Minister Tehan's address to Parliament. see the video here
Vale – PARSONS, Marcus Charles
PARSONS, Marcus Charles Late of Pullenvale. Passed away peacefully on 09.08.2017. Aged 63 Years Beloved Husband of Debbie. Much loved Father of Five. Relatives and Friends are respectfully invited to attend a Celebration of his Life, to be held in the Chapel of...