Budget 2021–22
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Portfolio Budget Statements
Department of Veterans’ Affairs PBS
Budget at a Glance
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements (PAES)
- Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2021–22 (PDF 9 MB)
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements 2021–22 (DOCX 503 KB)
PBS information sheets
$302.8 million for DVA – Additional Resources
- Support for departmental operations and claims processing and enhancing legal capacity and program evaluation (PDF 388 KB)
Support for departmental operations and claims processing and enhancing legal capacity and program evaluation (DOCX 111 KB) - Defence/DVA data sharing and analytics solution (PDF 487 KB)
Defence/DVA data sharing and analytics solution (DOCX 107 KB) - Funding to support DVA’s data and analytical capability (PDF 430 KB)
Funding to support DVA’s data and analytical capability (DOCX 110 KB) - Veteran Centric Reform – continuation (PDF 448 KB)
Veteran Centric Reform – continuation (DOCX 111 KB)
$12.1 million for Expanding Support for Veterans and their Families
- Support for veterans’ advocacy services (PDF 318 KB)
Support for veterans’ advocacy services (DOCX 111 KB) - Enhanced Family Support Package (PDF 520 KB)
Enhanced Family Support Package (DOCX 112 KB) - Pilot of non-liability rehabilitation (PDF 430 KB)
Pilot of non-liability rehabilitation (DOCX 116 KB)
$55.4 million for Veterans’ Health Care
- Supporting Australian Defence Force firefighters (PDF 258 KB)
Supporting Australian Defence Force firefighters (DOCX 108 KB) - Supporting veteran wellbeing through early access to medical treatment (PDF 434 KB)
Supporting veteran wellbeing through early access to medical treatment (DOCX 111 KB) - Improving the integrity of health provider payments for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (PDF 404 KB)
Improving the integrity of health provider payments for the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DOCX 110 KB) - Addressing existing price regulations and below market rate fees in veterans’ care (PDF 343 KB)
Addressing existing price regulations and below market rate fees in veterans’ care (DOCX 111 KB)
$60.7 million for Wellbeing and Support Funding
- Support for highly vulnerable veterans through the Wellbeing and Support Program (PDF 500 KB)
Support for highly vulnerable veterans through the Wellbeing and Support Program (DOCX 111 KB) - Addressing shortfall caused by the cessation of the Social and Community Services Special Account (PDF 313 KB)
Addressing shortfall caused by the cessation of the Social and Community Services Special Account (DOCX 110 KB) - Totally and Permanently Incapacitated veterans – DFISA payment (PDF 336 KB)
Totally and Permanently Incapacitated veterans – DFISA payment (DOCX 112 KB) - Expansion of the Wellbeing Centre Network in Tasmania and South East Queensland (PDF 531 KB)
Expansion of the Wellbeing Centre Network in Tasmania and South East Queensland (DOCX 105 KB)
$32.1 million for Commemorations and Activities to Honour our Veterans
- Increase funding for war graves care and maintenance (PDF 339 KB)
Increase funding for war graves care and maintenance (DOCX 110 KB) - Domestic commemorations 2021–2024 (PDF 324 KB)
Domestic commemorations 2021–2024 (DOCX 111 KB) - Annual international Anzac Day commemorations (PDF 324 KB)
Annual international Anzac Day commemorations (DOCX 111 KB)
Supporting suicide prevention and responding to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
- Supporting suicide prevention, including responding to the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention and Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (PDF 368 KB)
Supporting suicide prevention, including responding to the National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention and Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide (DOCX 108 KB)
Productivity Commission response
Cross-portfolio measures
Department of Health initiatives affecting DVA clients
- Government response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
- COVID-19 Response Package
- Guaranteeing Medicare and access to medicines – extension
- Vaccine purchases and rollout
- Guaranteeing Medicare
- Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule
- Improving diagnostic imaging
- Strengthening the rural health workforce
- Improving Access to Medicines – Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme new and amended listings
- Primary Care
Additional information on this measure can be found on the Department of Health website
Department of Social Services initiatives affecting DVA clients
- Increasing the flexibility and attractiveness of the Pension Loans Scheme
- Aligning regulation across the care and support sector
- National care and support worker regulations
Additional information on this measure can be found on the Department of Social Services website