Media releases

The Hellfire Pass Memorial in Thailand is a tribute to the Allied prisoners of war and local labourers who worked on the Burma-Thailand railway during the Second World War.

On 15 August 1945, while the world celebrated the end of the Second World War in the Pacific, one of the most tragic chapters of Australian military history was drawing to a close on the island of Borneo. 

Seventy seven years ago today war ended in the Pacific, with Japan giving their unconditional surrender to the Allies, officially bringing an end to the Second World War. 

The Australian Government welcomes the Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide by Commissioners Nick Kaldas APM, the Hon James Douglas QC and Dr Peggy Brown AO.

The Australian Government has today committed $55 million to better support the wellbeing of Australian veterans

The Government has today committed to ensuring veterans and veteran families have the services they deserve, committing an additional $70.6 million in funding over four years to increase Veterans’ Home Care fees for domestic assistance and personal care services.

Today is Korean Veterans’ Day, when we pause to remember the service and sacrifice of some 18,000 Australians who served in the Korean War.

The Albanese Government is introducing legislation to ensure that no veteran pays higher income tax because of the Federal Court decision in Commissioner of Taxation v Douglas (the Douglas decision).

Townsville’s status as Australia’s largest garrison city has been confirmed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the release of the Census 2021 results today.

For the first time ever, it is known that 581,139 Australians have reported they have served or are currently serving in the Australian Defence Force (ADF), as announced in the release of the Census 2021 data today.

A key report into the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ (DVA) claims processing system has today been made public.