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The current Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs is Alison Frame, who succeeded Elizabeth Cosson as secretary on 23 January 2023. [2] For administration purposes, the department forms part of the Defence portfolio. [3] The Minister for Defence acts on behalf of the Minister for Veterans' Affairs within the Cabinet.
The Minister for Veterans' Affairs is an Australian Government position. In the Government of Australia, the minister oversees income support, compensation, care and commemoration programs for more than 400,000 veterans and their widows, widowers and dependants; and administers the portfolio through the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
The Royal Commission heard evidence about risk and protective factors that are unique to military service, including the role and importance of families, Australian Defence Force culture, transition out of the Australian Defence Force, delays with Department of Veterans’ Affairs claims, and more.
The Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) is a branch within the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs. The branch was initially a stand-alone agency, formed 1 January 1975. In 1980, the War Graves Act 1980 (Cth) formalised the position of Director War Graves within the Department of Veterans' Affairs. [1]
The Minister for Veterans is a minister of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for veterans' affairs in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Minister since 5 April 2023 is David Harris , who also holds the Aboriginal Affairs portfolio .
The Veterans' Review Board (VRB) is a statutory body within the Australian Government's Veterans' Affairs portfolio. The role of the VRB is to conduct merits review of certain decisions under the Veteran's Entitlement Act 1986 (Cth) (the VEA) and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 (Cth) (the MRCA).
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Australian public servants. It includes people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. The Secretary of the Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs , or of its predecessor departments.
Keogh joined the Australian Labor Party in 1997 and was state president of Young Labor in 2007. [2] He is a member of Labor Right. [4] [5]After being unsuccessful as Labor's candidate at the September 2015 federal by-election in Canning, [6] which precipitated Malcolm Turnbull deposing Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia, Keogh ran successfully in the 2016 federal election for the ...