Nowra Veterans Wellbeing Centre’s new mural painted by community
Local veterans and community members across the Shoalhaven region, joined together to commence painting a mural at the Nowra Veteran
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VALE – Senator and former Major General Jim Molan
Senator and former Army Major General Andrew James ‘Jim’ Molan, AO, DSC, died of cancer yesterday at age 72 FILE
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HMAS Vampire to ‘sail’ again on Wednesday – send us your photos
Daring-class destroyer HMAS Vampire will be moved from the the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour to Garden Island
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‘Purple Heart’-type award for Australia – RECOMMENDED
In January 2021, then Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester directed Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal to consider recognition
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Aussie veteran/ADF team closing in on South Pole
A team of ADF veterans are within days of reaching the South Pole as part of The Spirit Lives Antarctic
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50 years since Australia proclaimed end to Vietnam War
Today marks 50 years since the 1973 proclamation of the end of Australian involvement in the Vietnam War. Minister for
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New boss to “clean up DVA’s shambles”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the appointment of Alison Frame as the new Secretary of the Department of Veterans’
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First look at Vivian Bullwinkel sculpture for Australian War Memorial
A new sculpture of nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel will be the first sculpture of an individual nurse or woman
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New Veterans’ and Families’ Hub opens somewhere in Wodonga
The latest addition to the Veterans’ and Families’ Hubs network officially opened today somewhere in Wodonga, providing tailored services and
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New Veterans’ and Families’ Hub opens in Nowra
New South Wales’ first Veterans’ and Families’ Hub officially opened today in Nowra. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh met
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50th Anniversary of National Service ending
Today we recognise more than 280,000 Australians who were called up to serve their country in National Service schemes between
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Beazley elected Chair of Australian War Memorial Council
Kim Beazley has been appointed as Chair of the Australian War Memorial Council. FILE PHOTO (2021): Then Governor of Western
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New Baird VC portrait at AWM
A new portrait of the late Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird VC MG by Archibald-winning artist Marcus Wills was unveiled at
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Veterans/pensioners allowed to earn more before pension affected
From today, pensioners over age-pension age and eligible veterans will be able to earn more income from working without reducing
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Prime Minister’s National Veterans’ Employment Awards 2022
Australia’s top veteran and partner employers, employees and entrepreneurs were celebrated last night at the 2022 Prime Minister’s National Veterans’
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Commemoration for AB Thomas Welsby Clark and crew of HMAS Sydney (II)
A commemorative ceremony was held yesterday for Able Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark, the only member of the HMAS Sydney (II)
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Three previously unknown WWI soldiers identified
The names of three unknown Australian soldiers, who died during some of the bloodiest fighting of World War 1, were
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Latest official suicide-figures reported
A report released today into the rate of suicide among current and former serving Australian Defence Force personnel reaffirms that
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Three more WWI soldiers identified
Three Australian soldiers of the First World War have been formally identified more than 105 years since they were killed
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