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Aussie troops celebrate Christmas across the Globe
25 Dec 2010Veteran Imposter Rex Crane Pleads Guilty
21 Dec 2010This year thousands of Australian troops will be serving away from home during the holiday season.
Members of the public who wish to express their support through text can email their messages to:
messagestothetroops@defence.gov.au
17 Dec 2010World First Research Study on Jet Fuel and F-111 Aircraft Fuel Tank Maintenance Workers
16 Dec 2010Veteran Community targetted by Scammers (121KB)
14 Dec 2010Support for Veterans Affected by Recent Floods
13 Dec 2010Look Out For Your Mates this Festive Season
10 Dec 2010Army Launches PTSD DVD “DENTS IN THE SOUL”
8 Dec 2010Perth Now Article: Diggers wounded more than once denied compo (weblink)
1 Dec 2010OP PALADIN or OP MAZURKA: Peacekeeping Risk Evaluation Survey (weblink)
Please note that the survey will finish on 31 January 2011
30 Nov 2010Christmas 2010 - Packages for the Troops
23 Nov 2010Australian Peacekeeping Memorial
NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
(305KB)
16 Nov 2010Ride for Peace 2011
14 Nov 2010Remembering Fallen Australians
11 Nov 2010APPVA STH QLD Inc. eNews Issue #5 (986KB)
10 Nov 2010Solomon Islands Police plans to send two on UN Posting
9 Nov 2010Make Time to Pause On Remembrance Day
5 Nov 2010QLD RSL News Article - Australia Zoo offers Free Entry to Veterans & their Spouses (image)
1 Nov 2010Canberra Times Article: Veterans up in arms over Gulf War snub (weblink)
31 Oct 2010ANZAC Centenary Information Sheet October 2010 (924KB)
30 Oct 2010Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project: Past, Present and Future (139KB)
26 Oct 2010Australian Medical Task Force completes initial Aid Mission in Pakistan
23 Oct 2010DVA Media Release: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War
23 Oct 2010ADF Engineers help rebuild a flood-affected Pakistan School
19 Oct 2010Defence Honours and Awards
18 Oct 2010Office of the Minister for Defence: Fact Sheets on Afghanistan (weblink)
17 Oct 2010DVA Media Release: Grants to provide more support for Veterans around Australia
16 Oct 2010AFP deploys members to Afghanistan to train Police
15 Oct 2010APPVA STH QLD Inc. eNews Issue #4 (1.03MB)
14 Oct 2010Sydney Morning Herald Article: Don't lose courage now (weblink)
11 Oct 2010DVA Media Release: New Veterans’ Affairs Minister Meets Hervey Bay Veterans
11 Oct 2010Wounded Digger Website (weblink)
A new Army website to provide serious casualties & their families with information on support organisations & benefits
10 Oct 2010DVA Media Release: Help is a Phone Call Away on World Mental Health Day
10 Oct 2010Veteran & Community Grants Program
8 Oct 2010New Edition of the APPVA Magazine now being Distributed
4 Oct 2010DVA Media Release: Important Milestone in Veterans’ Health Care
1 Oct 2010Condolence Motion for Australian Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
28 Sept 2010You Tube Video: Long Tan to Afghanistan (weblink)
24 Sep 2010Hearing Services for Eligible Members of the Veteran Community through the Office of Hearing Services (OHS).
21 Sept 2010DVA Media Release: Australian Peacekeepers to be Honoured
13 Sept 2010SAS History Now Out on Video (278KB)
2 Sept 2010Subsidised Home Support Loans available to Eligible Veterans & Surviving Partners or Dependent Parents
31 Aug 2010Army News: 2RAR Rwanda & UNAMIR II 15 Year Reunion
Tweed Heads 29-30 October 2010
30 Aug 2010DVA Media Release: Veterans Warned of Potential Scams
26 Aug 2010VALE
Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney (weblink)
25 Aug 2010Courier Mail Article: Defence names Dead Soldier (weblink)
25 Aug 2010Australian Mentor Killed in Action in insurgent Fire-fight
25 Aug 2010Australian Peacekeepers Commemorative Service
11am, Tuesday, 14 September, 2010 at the National Memorial Site on ANZAC Parade, Canberra.
APMP Invitation (119KB)
24 Aug 2010VALE
Private Tomas James Dale (weblink)
21 Aug 2010VALE
Private Grant Walter Kirby (weblink)
21 Aug 2010Two Australian Soldiers Killed in Action by Improvised Device
21 Aug 2010VALE
Trooper Jason Thomas Brown (weblink)
14 Aug 2010Personal details of Australian Soldier killed in Afghanistan
Trooper Jason Thomas Brown
14 Aug 2010Australian Soldier killed in Afghanistan
14 Aug 2010Keep Walking Bewesy Fundraiser for Pte Nathan Bewes KIA
12 Aug 2010Daily Telegraph Article: Afghans’ welfare is worth the body count (weblink)
12 Aug 2010Uniting Church Veterans’ Faith & Wellbeing Support Group Retreat in Nov 10
6 Aug 2010NZ soldier killed in Bamyan province, Afghanistan (weblink)
4 Aug 2010Vet Affairs Information Kit » Jul - Sep 2010 (476KB)
23 Jul 2010DHAT Report Inquiry into recognition for members of the ADF for service in Papua New Guinea after 1975
16 Jul 2010DHAT Inquiry into recognition of service with Task Group Medical Support element during Gulf War 1990 91
16 Jul 2010DHAT Inquiry into unresolved issues for RAAF Personnel at Ubon between 1965 & 1968
16 Jul 2010Veterans’ Health Week 19-25 July 2010
16 Jul 2010DHAT Report into Recognition of SAS Counter Terrorist and Special Recovery Duties
15 Jul 2010F-111 Maintenance Workers encouraged to come forward
13 Jul 2010DHAT Inquiry into recognition of service with the Commonwealth Monitoring Force - Rhodesia 1979-80
12 Jul 2010VALE
Private Nathan Bewes (weblink)
10 Jul 2010Personal details of Australian Soldier killed in Afghanistan
10 Jul 2010Improvised explosive device kills Mentoring Task Force Soldier
10 Jul 2010National Commission on the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary involving Major Matina Jewell (Retd)
6 Jul 2010Peacekeepers Farewelled to Solomon Islands (RAMSI)
1 Jul 2010New Repatriation Commissioner
1 Jul 201060th Anniversary of Korean War Remembered
25 Jun 2010New Veteran Health Cards being Rolled-out
25 Jun 2010VALE
Private Timothy James Aplin (weblink)
22 Jun 2010VALE
Private Benjamin Adam Chuck (weblink)
22 Jun 2010VALE
Private Scott Travis Palmer (weblink)
22 Jun 2010Personal details of Soldiers killed in Afghanistan
22 Jun 2010Update on Soldiers wounded in Afghanistan Chinook Incident
22 Jun 2010APPVA Tasmania Branch Newsletter - Winter 2010 (824KB)
21 Jun 2010VALE
Sapper Jacob Daniel Moerland (weblink)
8 Jun 2010VALE
Sapper Darren James Smith (weblink)
8 Jun 2010Personal details of Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
8 Jun 2010Two Australian Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
8 Jun 2010SPIA Media Release - International UN Peacekeepers Day
3 Jun 2010Complete transcipt of the Debate, Amendments & Votes on the 3 Bills relating to MSBS & DFRDB Schemes
in Federal Parliament on Wed, 2 June. (306K)
2 Jun 2010Sydney Morning Herald Article: Back against brick wall of bureaucracy (weblink)
31 May 2010Air Force members honoured by Netherlands
27 May 2010A Fairer Go For Our Veterans’ Petition
26 May 2010National Police Service Medal - letter to Queen.pdf (195KB)
21 May 2010Framing Conflict: Iraq and Afghanistan Exhibition (weblink)
21 May 2010Australian Story Monday 24 & Monday 31 May 8pm on ABC1 (296K)
19 May 2010Middle-East Peacekeeping Service Upgrade Welcomed
14 May 2010Asbestos Exposure Registration
13 May 2010AVCAT Scholarships for Children of Veterans intending Tertiary Studies in 2011
5 May 2010Invitation from United Nations Association of Australia to UN International Day, 29 May 2010
29 Apr 2010NZ Herald News Article: Australia pays tribute to victims of RNZAF Anzac crash (weblink)
26 Apr 2010Daddy’s Poem
25 Apr 2010Anzac Day in Gizab
24 Apr 2010Governor-General visits troops in Afghanistan
23 Apr 2010Three post-armistice Korea Service Veterans presented
the Australian General Service Medal for Korea
17 Apr 2010Message of Support from the Governor-General
8 Apr 2010For All Victorian and Tasmanian Members and Constituents
5 Apr 2010A Small Insight into Life in Iraq written by CAPT Debra Robilliard RAANC
30 Mar 2010DVA Research Newsletter - Autumn 2010
12 Mar 2010The Coalition and ComSuper Boards (123KB)
10 Mar 2010Commonwealth Gazette
Conditions for the Award of Australian Service Medal with Clasp ’S.PACIFIC 2006’ (145KB)
3 Mar 2010Commonwealth Gazette
Australian General Service Medal for Korea Regulations 2009 (211KB)
3 Mar 2010International Symposium for the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Zones
3 Mar 2010APPVA NSW Branch Newsletter - March 2010 (371KB)
2 Mar 2010Emerging Issues Forum (EIF) in Canberra (170KB)
1 Mar 2010Assisted Reproductive Services
24 Feb 2010NSW VVCS Program 2010
11 Feb 2010SOTG Discuss Future with Afghan Elders
9 Feb 2010DFWA perspective on the Taliban Buy Off
1 Feb 2010Pure Massacre - Aussie Soldiers Reflect on the Rwandan Genocide
28 Jan 2010