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Veterans and their families deserve better. three war widows in the background standing side by side.

Veterans and their families deserve better

Concerns grow over new allied health policy The Government’s proposed $5,000 cap on allied health care has caused great concern to veteran families and members of Families of Veterans Guild.  This proposal will result in 25,000 veterans, war widows and families being worse off, with critical, lifesaving care such as psychology and chronic pain management directly affected.  The Government maintains that most veterans will be better off […]

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New Veterans' Legislation. War widows and families of veterans at the ANZAC Memorial.

New Veterans’ Legislation

The new Veterans’ Legislation will come into effect from 1 July 2026. There are no changes to existing compensation payments or services. Veterans and widowed partners do not need to take any action for their payments and services provided by DVA to continue.  The improved Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (MRCA) will recognise medical conditions

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Advocacy for war widows, defence and veteran families. DVA's $5000 allied health cap concerns.

A cap on allied health is blunt and poor policy

Allied health care is essential — and veterans, widows and families deserve certainty On 12 May 2026, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) announced a $5,000 annual monetary limit on allied health services for Veteran Card holders as part of the Federal Budget. The proposal Taking effect on 1 July 2027, the cap on allied

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Entitlements update. War widows, defence and veteran families important updates. DVA.

Entitlements update

DVA pensions and allowances  From 20 March pensions and allowances received by some veterans and their families increased with the first full payment made to veterans and their widows on 16 April 2026.  The War Widow(er)’s Pension has increased $22.60 per fortnight to $1,223.40 and the Income Support Supplement has increased $6.80 per fortnight to

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War widows membership update. Update on the new membership and rollout progress. WWII war widows.

Membership update

Thank you to the hundreds of you who have embraced our new membership model. Our new membership model is about three things: providing choice to current members, recognising the contributions of WWII widows and our volunteers; and ensuring we know who we are servicing.  We have almost completed the first stage of implementation, manually renewing the membership

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the 2026-2027 Federal Budget

Building capability on broken foundations: where are veteran families in this budget?

This week’s Federal Budget once again failed to commit any funding to supporting Australian veteran families, a community that hasn’t seen a substantive policy update since 1986.  While the Government touts a record $53 billion Defence package, the limited funding flowing into the veteran portfolio is being funnelled into the most inefficient part of the

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