Vetaffairs — Vol 36 No.1 Autumn 2020
The Autumn 2020 issue of Vetaffairs
The Autumn 2020 issue of Vetaffairs is now available via the links below. Highlights include:
- Various articles on the COVID-19 pandemic — see below
- Announcement of a National Commissioner for suicide prevention
- Various articles on the bushfire crisis — see below
- Feature article on Second World War commando Moss Berryman
- Reports from DVA Secretary Liz Cosson AM CSC and Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel Darren Chester.
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Inside this edition
- COVID-19 and the veteran community
- Services at DVA VAN offices
- Economic support payments
- Open Arms — Veterans & Families Counselling
- Managing your concerns about COVID-19
- DSH Insurance and COVID-19
- National Commissioner for suicide prevention
- News from the Department
- Letters to the Editor
- From the Editor
- Correction
- News from the Minister
- Transition programs get extra funding
- DVA supports veteran’s award-winning son
- Pensions and allowances rise
- Our new website is here
- Community Nursing clients have their say
- Apply for your Covenant pack today
- DVA’s Nominal Rolls now on one website
- Are your bank details up to date?
- Anzac Field of Remembrance Memorial Service
- Bushfires and older people
- For those who stand beside them
- Submarines Association Australia
- The bushfire crisis
- Replacements for lost or damaged medals
- DVA staff stepping up
- Repat Commissioner lends helping hand
- French raise money for bushfires
- Veterans doing what they do best
- 50th anniversary of Operation Hammersley
- Anzac Day 2020
- Anzac Portal refresh
- Australian War Memorial update
- Bob Semple OAM BEM 1920–2020
- Bushfires — resilience and recovery
- Dealing with poor air quality
- Health insurance that recognises veterans
- ID tags returned home after 76 years
- Items for sale
- Last of his kind
- Learning to deal with uncertainty
- Leyte Gulf veterans return to Philippines
- Once a soldier, always a soldier
- Open Arms advisor works in bushfire aftermath
- Operation TAMAR veterans honoured
- Planning ahead
- Veteran health check reminder
- Veterans’ MATES Module — Diabetes
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