Media Releases and Speeches

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July 2014

• Address by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs Rededication Ceremony Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery - 19/07/2014
• Honour for 20 Australian soldiers identified after 98 years - 19/07/2014
• Address by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs Opening of the Fromelles Museum - 18/07/2014
• Our Fromelles Heroes Never to be Forgotten - 18/07/2014
• Remarks at the Legacy President's changeover luncheon - New South Wales Parliament House, Sydney - 11/07/2014
• Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2014 - 06/07/2014
• New website links Veterans to support when they need it - 05/07/2014
• International ships to join the Albany convoy - 04/07/2014
• Higher education support for Vietnam Veterans' children - 04/07/2014
• Anzac Centenary Arts and Culture Fund Public Grants Program - 03/07/2014
• First glimpse inside WW1 submarine wreck in Turkey - 03/07/2014
• Start the journey back to good mental health - 02/07/2014
• Remember our Reserves - 01/07/2014
• Strengthening access to mental health support for former ADF members and families - 01/07/2014

June 2014

• Gallipoli ballot waitlist activated - 26/06/2014
• General Sir John Monash's war papers released online - 25/06/2014
• Passing of Cyril Gilbert OAM - 25/06/2014
• Remarks at the Preview Screening of "The War That Changed Us" - 24/06/2014
• Anzac Centenary local grants honour servicemen and women across the country – 20/06/2014
• Appointment of Australian War Memorial Council Members – 19/06/2014
• ANZ Bank makes first major Anzac Centenary Public Fund contribution – 17/06/2014
• Saluting Australia's veterans with grant initiatives – 16/06/2014
• DVA Chief Operating Officer Appointed – 13/06/2014
• Launch of the Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme – 11/06/2014
• Remarks at the launch of the Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme – 11/06/2014
• Transcript of interview with ABC Radio AM - Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme – 11/06/2014
• 70^th Anniversary of the D-Day landings - 06/06/2014
• Opening Statement - Budget Estimates - 03/06/2014

May 2014

• Voices of Birrallee to perform at Anzac Day in France - 28/05/2014
• Remarks at the 2014 New South Wales RSL State Congress - 27/05/2014
• Mental health support goes mobile and social - 27/05/2014
• Remarks at the Centenary of the Arrival of Australia's First Submarines, Sydney - 24/05/2014
• Remarks at the Vietnam Veterans' Association National Congress, Sydney - 23/05/2014
• Remarks at the 2014 Tasmanian RSL Congress Launceston, Tasmania - 16/05/2014
• Budget Delivers Election Commitments to Veterans and their Families - 13/05/2014
• Grants boost quality of life for veteran community - 07/05/2014
• Online Case Formulation Training programme addresses complexity of Veterans' Mental Health - 05/05/2014
• Remarks at the launch of Case Formulation E-Learning program, Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, University of Melbourne - 05/05/2014

April 2014

• Transcript of Speech at the National Conference for RSL and Service Clubs, Hobart, Tasmania - 30/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Richard Stubbs - 774 ABC Melbourne, Lone Pine, Turkey - 25/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview - Mornings, ABC News Radio - 25/04/2014
• Remarks at the Dawn Service Anzac Commemorative Site Lone Pine - 25/04/2014
• Australians around the world remember on Anzac Day - 25/04/2014
• Remarks at the Dawn Service Anzac Commemorative Site, North Beach - 25/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Anadolu News Turkey - Ankara, Turkey - 22/04/2014
• A day to remember - 70 years since the D-Day landings - 15/04/2014
• New approach to DVA services in regional New South Wales and Victoria - 14/04/2014
• From Naval Tribute to New Music Work - We Salute Their Service - 11/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Robbie Buck - Breakfast - 702 Sydney - 03/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Michael Smyth - ABC Adelaide Drive - 03/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Tom Elliot - Drive - 3AW Melbourne - 03/04/2014
• Gallipoli Anzac Day 2015 ballot complete - 03/04/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Angela Catterns - Mornings – 2UE Sydney - 01/04/2014

March 2014

• A fair go for veterans delivered - 27/03/2014
• Local grants salute Australia's veterans - 27/03/2014
• Grants promote independence and quality of life for veterans - 27/03/2014
• Serving Our Country - 26/03/2014
• Additional Gallipoli Centenary service in 2015 - 24/03/2014
• Pension increase for veteran community - 21/03/2014
• Joint doorstop with the Assistant Minister for Defence, The Hon Stuart Robert MP - 20/03/2014
• Speech to the National Servicemen's Association of Australia National Conference - 13/03/2014
• New look PMAC to tackle veteran mental health - 13/03/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Paul Murray - Drive - 6PR Perth - 11/03/2014
• Transcript of Interview with John Cecil - ABC South Coast - 11/03/2014
• New Board to oversee Anzac Centenary Public Fund - 07/03/2014
• Veterans urged to take part in consultation - 05/03/2014
• Giving DVA a new home for the long-term - 05/03/2014

February 2014

• Wartime defence of Darwin honoured - 19/02/2014
• Sacrifices of our National Servicemen remembered - 14/02/2014
• Highest honour to digger who made the ultimate sacrifice - 13/02/2014
• New $1 coin shares the spirit of the Centenary of Anzac - 13/02/2014
• Ministerial Statement on the Centenary of Anzac - February update - 11/02/2014
• 50th anniversary of the sinking of HMAS Voyager II - 10/02/2014
• Vale Arthur Gietzelt AO - 06/02/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Angela Catterns, Mornings – 2UE Sydney - 03/02/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Steve Mills and Basil Zempilas, Breakfast – 6PR Perth - 03/02/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Mark Parton, Breakfast - 2CC Canberra - 03/02/2014
• Next steps for Gallipoli 2015 ballot - 02/02/2014

January 2014

• Transcript of Interview with Justin Smith, Drive – 2UE Sydney - 31/01/2014
• Transcript of Interview with Michael Rowland & Virginia Trioli, Breakfast - ABC News 24 - 29/01/14
• Transcript of Interview with Karl Stefanovic, Today - Nine Network - 31/01/14
• Transcript of Interview with Richard Stubbs, Afternoons - 774 ABC Melbourne - 29/01/14
• Transcript of Interview with Ben Davis, Drive - 4BC Brisbane - 29/01/14
• Last chance to apply for Gallipoli 2015 ballot - 30/01/14
• Transcript of Doorstop Interview with Mr Ewen Jones MP, Member for Herbert - DVA Office, Townsville - 29/01/14
• Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Local Member for Herbert visit DVA offices in Townsville - 29/01/14
• Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service (VVCS) to be enhanced in Northern Tasmania - 29/01/14
• Congratulations to General Cosgrove on his appointment as the next Governor-General of Australia - 28/01/14
• Safety Paramount as the Hot Weather Continues - 14/01/14

December 2013

• Grants Help Improve Veteran and Defence Community Life - 24/12/13
• Christmas Message - 24/12/13
• Towards 2020: a blueprint for Veterans Affairs - 16/12/13
• Launch of the Anzac Centenary Public Fund - 12/12/13
• Transcript of Speech on the Occasion of the Opening of the Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health Melbourne - 10/12/13
• Transcript of Interview with Lexi Metherell, The World Today – ABC Radio - 10/12/13
• Minister opens new premises of Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health - 10/12/13
• Alcohol management app ‘ON TRACK’ to deliver additional support - 03/12/2013

November 2013

• Speech at the Opening of the Anzac Voices exhibition Australian War Memorial, Canberra - 27/11/2013
• Franco-Australian relations flourish in First World War Centenary planning - 26/11/2013
• Opening Statement by Senator The Hon. Michael Ronaldson Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary Of Anzac And Special Minister of State.
  Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence And Trade Committee Supplementary Budget Estimates - Wednesday 20 November 2013
• Statement made in the Senate by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson - Thursday, 14 November 2013
• Gallipoli Ballot opens midnight 15 November - 14/11/2013
• Australian WWI legacy unveiled in Belgium - 09/11/2013
• Honour our fallen this Remembrance Day – 08/11/2013
• Remembrance Day – Poppy selling – 06/11/2013
• Reduced deeming rates put money back in veterans' pockets - 04/11/2013

October 2013

• Gallipoli 2015 ballot to open in mid November - 31/10/2013
• Speech - 90th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey - 29/10/2013
• First sod turned on Anzac Interpretive Centre - 25/10/2013
• Statement - 2015 Gallipoli Dawn Service - 23/10/2013
• Centenary of Anzac conversation welcomed - 18/10/2013
• Minister advances Centenary of Anzac planning - 18/10/2013
• Exercise the key during Veterans' Health Week - 11/10/2013
• Families in focus on World Mental Health Day - 09/10/2013

September 2013

• Vale Rusty Priest AM - 26/09/2013
• Veteran pension rate rise on 20 September - 19/09/2013

If you require media releases prior to 18 September 2013 please contact the Department of Veterans' Affairs media team.