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August 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

Previous Ministers' media releases

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