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February 2019

• Greater recognition for veterans and their families - 20/02/2019
• Australia remembers the bombing of Darwin - 19/02/2019
• Finalists announced for 2019 Prime Minister's Veterans' Employment Awards — 18/02/2019
• Reappointment of Director of the Australian War Memorial — 14/02/2019
• Joint media release — Fast-tracking support to SEATO doctors and nurses — 14/02/2019
• New appointment brings unique perspective to Council of the Australian War Memorial — 13/02/2019
• First World War veterans not forgotten — 05/02/2019

January 2019

• Joint media release — Supporting younger veterans in tertiary study — 29/01/2019
• Veterans' Affairs Minister to visit South Australia — 25/01/2019
• Expanded online claiming for veterans — 22/01/2019
• Appointment of members to the Veterans' Review Board — 18/01/2019
• Appointment of new Office of War Graves Director — 10/01/2019

December 2018

• Gold Card for Doctors and Nurses from the Vietnam war — 16/12/2018
• Council for Women and Families United by Defence Service — 14/12/2018
• Productivity Commission draft report into compensation and rehabilitation for veterans — 14/12/2018
• Thailand Hellfire Pass Centre tells important story — 12/12/2018
• Investment pays on claims processing times — 06/12/2018
• Government welcomes Mefloquine report — 05/12/2018

November 2018

• Council of the Australian War Memorial appointments — 27/11/2018
• Census statement — 16/11/2018
• Remembering Veterans’ Service and Sacrifice focus of Grants — 16/11/2018
• Virtual reality brings Australian Remembrance Trail to life — 09/11/2018
• Australians commemorate Remembrance Day 2018 and Centenary of the First World War Armistice — 09/11/2018
• Just Ask about your military history, you might be amazed — 07/11/2018
• New Lions unveiled at the Menin Gate in Ieper — 06/11/2018
• Who do you remember during a minute's silence — 04/11/2018
• Joint media release — Jobs for veterans — 02/11/2018
• Bird Inquiry independent reviewer — 02/11/2018
• Joint media release — Telling the stories of our service men and women — 01/11/2018

October 2018

• Joint media statement — Recognising and respecting our veterans — 27/10/2018
• Joint Communiqué – Veterans’ Ministers’ meeting — 27/10/2018
• Grants help communities commemorate Centenary of Armistice — 25/10/2018
• Funding to support veterans and their communities — 25/10/2018
• Ministerial statement — Veterans and their Families — 24/10/2018
• Joint media release — International Ministerial (5-Eyes) Conference on Veterans' Issues — 21/10/2018
• Veterans' Ministers come together at Invictus 2018 — 20/10/2018
• Open Arms – Veterans and Families Counselling Launch — 19/10/2018
• Transition front and centre at Invictus18 Symposium — 19/10/2018
• Forums focus on veterans' families and employment — 18/10/2018
• Study finds most military families resilient, healthy, financially secure — 18/10/2018
• Nation remembers prisoners of war on the 75th anniversary of Thai-Burma Railway completion — 16/10/2018
• Enhanced services to be provided to veterans and their families in Queensland — 10/10/2018
• Joint media release — Military history, commemoration and education thrives in Maryborough — 10/10/2018
• Joint media release — Veteran and Community Grant for Tin Can Bay RSL — 10/10/2018
• Joint media release — RSL sub-branches key to continued veteran engagement — 09/10/2018
• Minister Chester in Townsville to discuss veteran issues — 08/10/2018
• Joint media release — More support offered to Toowoomba veterans — 08/10/2018

September 2018

• Veteran pensions set to increase — 26/09/2018
• Funding for national ex-service organisations — 25/09/2018
• Veterans' Employment Program — nominations for 2019 awards open — 24/09/2018
• Nutrition key theme for Veterans' Health Week 2018 — 22/09/2018
• Accessible mental health support for veterans — 21/09/2018
• Supporting veterans and their communities — 20/09/2018
• Honouring the contribution of Australia's Peacekeepers — 14/09/2018
• Female Veterans share their unique perspective — 12/09/2018
• Minister Announces Anzac Day Schools' Awards Winners — 12/09/2018
• Honouring women's contribution to our defence — 12/09/2018
• Schools' mail-out to encourage milestone recognition — 10/09/2018
• Appointment of members to the Veterans' Review Board — 07/09/2018
• Celebrating veterans' artistic talent — 07/09/2018
• Support our veterans by buying a Legacy badge — 07/09/2018
• Joint media release — Thirty-three headstones and plaques for World War One Veterans unveiled — 06/09/2018
• Remembering the Battle for Australia — 05/09/2018
• Commemorating the Service of Australia's Merchant Mariners — 03/09/2018

August 2018

• Commemorating the Service of Malaya and Borneo Veterans — 31/08/2018
• 50 years since Australia's RAAF Thailand service — 31/08/2018
• Boeing Defence to join Industry Advisory Committee on Veterans' Employment — 30/08/2018
• Ex-Service Organisations Receive Funding Boost — 29/08/2018
• Vietnam Veterans' Day and the Battle of Long Tan — 18/08/2018
• 73 years since Victory in the Pacific — 14/08/2018
• Joint media release — Military skills enlisted to help defend Australia's welfare system — 13/08/2018
• DVA online services now available through myGov — 10/08/2018
• Strengthening bi-lateral relationships on veterans' issues — 08/08/2018
• Centenary of unprecedented First World War victory — 08/08/2018
• Remembering the Battle of Lone Pine — 06/08/2018

July 2018

• New Practitioner Support Service to assist in veteran mental health treatment — 27/07/2018
• Supporting younger veterans grant applications now open — 27/07/2018
• Nation thanks veterans on 65th Korean War Armistice anniversary — 26/07/2018
• RSL continues supporting veteran community — 20/07/2018
• Joint media release — Investing in NSW North Coast commemorative projects — 18/07/2018
• Joint media release — The countdown is on — 100 days until the Invictus Games in Sydney — 12/07/2018
• NAIDOC Week — Honouring the service and sacrifice of Indigenous service women — 09/07/2018
• Remembering the Battle of Hamel 100 years on — 04/07/2018
• Visiting the Australian Remembrance Trail — 03/07/2018
• Community Grants for Projects Honouring Veterans — 02/07/2018
• Remembering Our Reserve Forces — 01/07/2018

June 2018

• Long Tan Bursary recipients announced — 29/06/2018
• Joint statement — Response to ANAO Audit Efficiency of Veterans Service Delivery by the Department of Veterans' Affairs — 27/06/2018
• Minister addresses RSL Queensland State Congress — 23/06/2018
• Pathways For Veteran Employment — 22/06/2018
• Community projects receive grants to commemorate Centenary of Armistice — 18/06/2018
• Government committed to improving transition — 16/06/2018
• Kings Park Remembrance Walk App Funding announced — 16/06/2018

May 2018

• Veterans' Advocacy Study Discussion Paper Released — 31/05/2018
• Assistance dog trial to help tackle veteran mental health — 30/05/2018
• Indigenous service honoured during Reconciliation Week — 27/05/2018
• Expanding essential services for veterans and their families — 24/05/2018
• Funding applications open for Veterans' Health Week 2018 — 23/05/2018
• Appointment of President of the Repatriation Commission — 22/05/2018
• Council of the Australian War Memorial appointments — 22/05/2018
• Submissions sought to inquiry into compensation and rehabilitation for veterans — 21/05/2018
• Veterans' Affairs Minister focussed on transition — 19/05/2018
• 50th anniversary of Australia's largest Vietnam battles — 10/05/2018
• Budget puts veterans and their families first — 09/05/2018
• 73 years since Victory in Europe — 08/05/2018
• Australians encouraged to recognise Battle of Coral Sea — 05/05/2018

April 2018

• National commemoration for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic — 29/04/2018
• New online database reveals the artefacts of the Gallipoli battlefield — 27/04/2018
• Australia to gift replica Menin Gate lions to Belgian city of Ieper — 26/04/2018
• Australians show strong support for Anzac Day commemorations — 25/04/2018
• Sir John Monash Centre opens on Anzac Day 2018, the Centenary of the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux — 25/04/2018
• Kapyong Day commemorates landmark battle of Korean War — 24/04/2018
• Australian Government supports outstanding French sites — 22/04/2018
• Expanding services for veterans and their families in partnership with Australia Post — 18/04/2018
• Australians encouraged to commemorate Anzac Day 2018 — 18/04/2018
• Putting veterans and their families first — new study to improve advocacy services — 16/04/2018
• Minister welcomes announcement of new Department Secretary appointment — 11/04/2018
• Research into the wellbeing of serving and ex-serving personnel released — 05/04/2018

March 2018

• One month until Australia's 2018 Commemorative Program begins — 29/03/2018
• Joint media release — Rewarding excellence in veteran employment — 28/03/2018
• Joint media statement — Independent inquiry into the system of compensation and rehabilitation for veterans — 28/03/2018
• Australias brightest young historians recognised — 27/03/2018
• 2018 Anzac Day mailout — 23/03/2018
• Delivering better services for veterans and their families — 22/03/2018
• Veteran pensions set to increase — 20/03/2018
• Grants supporting ex-service organisations now open for applications — 14/03/2018
• International Women's Day — honouring the service and sacrifice of women — 08/03/2018

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