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We provide free mental health care for veterans and counselling and support for families.

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Veteran Cards can be used to access medical and mental health treatment, prescription medicines in Australia.

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Read about our work in response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

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More veterans eligible for Household Services compensation from 1 July

More veterans will be able to apply for compensation for Household Services when a simpler veterans’

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Travel for treatment

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is monitoring the emerging situation of fuel price

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New Hellfire Pass Interpretive Centre website shares stories once hidden deep in the Thai jungle

Through a curated collection of personal stories, the new website preserves the memory of the more than 60,000 Allied Prisoners of War (POW), including around 13,000 Australians, who were forced to carve out Hellfire Pass in Thailand to support Japanese military operations in Burma.

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