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Young woman working at a computer in a library or classroom

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.

Helping hands

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.

Two sailors and two soldiers stand with guns pointing down

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

Crews of RAAF No 463 and No 467 (Lancaster) Squadrons celebrate a belated VE Day at RAF Station Waddington, Lincolnshire.

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.

Grainy black and white photo of five warships sailing in a column

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.

Australians in the second line of the trenches before Riencourt (near Bullecourt), in May 1917

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.

The troop ship Queen Mary steams alongside the Kent class cruiser HMAS Canberra.

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.

Free mental health care through DVA

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.

Logo for RSL Lifecare

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.

Ten people posing for camera at awards event.

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

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