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DVA’s Education Schemes provide support to eligible children and dependants of current and former Australian Defence Force personnel who have either died or been severely wounded or injured as a result of their service.
Everyone deserves to feel safe in their own home, but sometimes home is not a safe place because of family and domestic violence, relationship breakdown, or having no certainty over living arrangements.

Thousands gathered in Australia and around the world to commemorate Anzac Day and pay tribute to

On 8 May 2022 we commemorate the 77th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, marking the end of the war against Germany.

On 4 May 1942, Australian and United States (US) naval forces engaged the Japanese Imperial Navy in the waters east of Papua during the Battle of the Coral Sea.

On 3 May 2022 we commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Second Battle of Bullecourt fought by the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) at the small French town of Bullecourt during the First World War.

Today Australia pays tribute to the more than 72,000 Allied naval and merchant mariners who lost their lives during the six-year Battle of the Atlantic.

The past two years have been challenging for all Australians, including our ADF personnel, veterans and their families; and now is the time to make mental health a priority.
Veterans in a flood-affected area may be entitled to a RSL Lifecare disaster relief payment of up the $3000. This is in addition to any government payments you may be eligible for.

Gosford RSL Club on the Central Coast of NSW has just been awarded the Spirit of Anzac Award by the