Post-Traumatic Growth and Veteran Families: A Journey of Hope and Healing For many veteran families, the challenges of military service don’t end when the uniform is folded away. The transition back to civilian life can be a challenging journey, particularly when a loved one has experienced trauma during their service. Yet, even amid these challenges, […]
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‘It’s now time to fight for our veterans’. That’s the message to all Australians from the three Royal Commissioners who’ve spearheaded a three-year inquiry into the suicide crisis within the nation’s Defence and veteran population. As the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide held its closing ceremony on 28 August, our CEO, Renee Wilson,
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Advocacy, Contribution, Important Updates
“Shining a Light – Stories of Trauma & Tragedy, Hope & Healing” Yesterday the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide handed over its Lived Experience book “Shining a Light – Stories of Trauma & Tragedy, Hope & Healing” to the Governor General. The book was subsequently released by the Government later in the afternoon.
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Advocacy, Contribution
This article shows how our Advocacy work over the last few years has helped Veteran Families, including war widows. Since 2021, we have advocated on 65 issues for the benefit of veterans families, including war widows. There has been positive progress against 14 of these issues with 9 being achieved and 5 being partially achieved.
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Advocacy, Contribution, Important Updates
Today we publish our submission in response to the Government’s consultation on the Veterans Legislation Reform. Our submission supports a number of key elements in the reform work, including the protection of entitlements currently being received by widows/ers and children of veterans. It also supports the move to the single Act model. However, this reform
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Contribution, Important UpdatesAustralian War Widows NSW (AWWNSW) recently made a written submission to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Due to its experience, leadership, and network, AWWNSW has formed a view on several items raised by the Commissioners. The opinions expressed through and by AWWNSW below were formed through consultation with members, its broad community,
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Contribution, Important Updates