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Senior couple sitting together - one person is in a wheelchair.

The annual rate of the ‘Totally and Permanently Incapacitated’ (TPI) Payment is increasing by $1,000

Video still of man being interviewed with words on screen saying 'Do it at your pace'.

Damien Thomlinson served in the 2 nd Commando Regiment. In 2009 he lost both of his legs in an

Members of the 1st Light Horse Brigade Train, Australian Imperial Force.

On 20 December 1915, the last Australian troops withdrew from the Gallipoli Peninsula ending the 8 month campaign. More than a century later, we remember some 8,700 Australians who lost their lives on Gallipoli.

Royal Australian Navy Able Seaman Hydrographic Survey Operator Jessica Cafagna keeps a look out from HMAS Leeuwin's flightdeck at sunrise

The holiday season can be a difficult time of year for veterans and their families. We might be

Three women in nursing uniforms attending to a wounded man on a hospital bed

On this day in 1942, the Army formally established a women’s auxiliary to support the staff of military medical establishments. This service became known as the Australian Army Medical Women’s Service.

Smiling woman wearing medals

After the Christmas break I will be concluding my tenure as the Secretary of the Department, President of the Repatriation Commission and Chair of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.

Two female children are climbing on an obstacle course

For the past few years, DVA has partnered with the Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation, an

Photo of smiling woman

On 15 December, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the appointment of Ms Alison Frame as

Second World War corvette coming into harbour

The Armidale Podcast recounts the dramatic, riveting and historic true story of the HMAS Armidale - an Australian corvette sunk by the Japanese in a brief battle off the coast of East Timor on 1 December 1942.

A close up photo of four people sitting in a circle on chairs

We are seeking input on the design of DVA mental health and wellbeing support services for

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