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No deterrence without retention: National Defence Strategy

By Renee Wilson, CEO, Families of Veterans Guild  Yesterday the Australian Government announced the biggest peacetime defence spend in our nation’s history. Nuclear submarines. Ghost Shark drones. Hypersonic missiles. A strategy built for what is looking to be the most challenging era since World War II for our nation.  Buried deep in the document, there is a short section about people — […]

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Update on War Widows South Australia

The Families of Veterans Guild is proud to support South Australia’s war widows and veteran families. Our utmost priority is ensuring their wellbeing by providing the advocacy, connection and social work support programs they deserve and rely on.   Reflecting this, we are very disappointed that South Australian war widows are being used, without their

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Modern women, outdated systems: living with policies that lag behind. International Womens Day.

Modern women, outdated systems: living with policies that lag behind

International Women’s Day passed earlier this month discreetly for many women connected to defence. Not because the day lacks meaning, but because the systems that shape their lives remain stuck in another era.  Australia in 2026 bears little resemblance to Australia in 1950. Most women now work, lead, earn, parent, care and contribute in ways that would

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Why is veteran family policy stuck in the 1950s? By Renee Wilson, CEO, Families of Veterans Guild.

Why is veteran family policy stuck in the 1950s?

By Renee Wilson, CEO, Families of Veterans Guild  This blog post first appeared in The Canberra Times’ opinion column on 2 March. Read it on the Canberra Times’ website. Global tensions are escalating and Australia is ramping up its defence spending to record levels, the associated rhetoric from the Albanese Government is clear: people are our most

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Expanding war widows services into South Australia, supporting wellbeing, connection and accommodation while honouring long‑standing partnerships and legacy.

Update on War Widows South Australia

Our work to expand war widows service to South Australia, is well progressed with membership transition well underway and services set to recommence early in 2026. Initial service delivery will focus on social connection, wellbeing activities, and peer support for war widows.   Over the course of 2026 we will also be building and reaffirming

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Media Release - Asking the NSW Government to make a simple change to honour the service of our veteran families and restore the equality these widows deserve

Media release – NSW regulation strips council concessions from 3,000 war widows

Over 3,000 war widows across NSW are being stripped of their local council rate concessions following the death of their veteran spouse, at an already devastating time for these individuals [1]. The Families of Veterans Guild (The Guild) is calling on the NSW Government to fix this unfair rule and restore concession equality for this

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