Each year Australian Veteran News conducts an independent survey of the wellbeing of Australian veterans with the aim of providing...

In this video interview RSL NSW President, Ray James OAM; CEO, Jon Black; and RSL LifeCare GM Veteran Service, Nicki Young provide a...

He stood alone among hundreds of protesters, distancing himself and wearing a sombre dark mask..

Leo D'Angelo Fisher's business bulletin featuring Australian business supporting the defence industry

Why the Victorian government must step in and conduct an inquiry into the governance and administration of RSL Victoria.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has overruled proposed Australian Defence Force (ADF) reforms...

By Leo D’Angelo Fisher Top stories: Perth companies win $52 million contract for wharf extension $1.2 million boost to Australian defence...

With public health restrictions in place in many parts of the country Legacy Week will look a little different this year but a range of...

Transparency does not come naturally to the secretive and at times paranoid RSL Victoria leadership...

Leo D'Angelo Fisher's bussiness bulletin featuring Australian businesses supporting the defence industry

The RSL has urged Australians to praise Australian Defence Force personnel for their service in Afghanistan. RSL National President Greg...

"Kabul is in crisis but the narrative from people who have never cared about Afghanistan until this week is superficial and ignorant."

The Defence Community Dogs Program helps veterans while playing a role in rehabilitating prisoners and rehoming abandoned dogs.

It is not good enough to state that “no Australian who has ever fallen in our uniform has ever died in vain”.

Can we do more? Yes, says government MP Phillip Thompson

Can you feel that? It’s the winds of change gently blowing through the veteran community...

Registration is now open for AVN's live event with Key Note Speaker Barry Zworestine. Author of the critically acclaimed book “Which Way...

The resurgence of the Taliban once Western forces left the country was never in doubt...

By Leo D’Angelo Fisher Top stories: Thales named Microsoft defence and intelligence partner of the year Ten businesses share in $20...

By Eamon Hale “Hurry up and wait.” Is there a phrase we know better from our time in the Defence force? Whether we did it in breezeways,...

Julie-Ann Finney speaks to AVN about theTerms of Reference for the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides...

Andrew Gee, the new Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, is the sixth veterans’ affairs minister in eight years...

Business Bulletin, 23 June 2021

Greg Melick has been RSL National President since 2019. This month he sat down (via Zoom) with Australian Veteran News...

On the evening of 12 June 1996, two Black Hawk helicopters collided mid-air and crashed during a counter-terrorism training...

Greg Melick discusses the challenges faced by RSL and responds to criticism of RSL's role in supporting the National Commissioner for...

Recording of AVN's live online interview with Lucas Moon conducted on Monday 7th of June 2021. Lucas is one of two candidates standing...

RSL National’s TOR submission is an abject failure that supports the lenient and benign stance sought by vested interests...

Defence Business Bulletin, 22 May 2021

Minister Leane updates AVN on several key issues, including the progress of employment initiatives for veterans and Victoria's terms of...

Even by the cringeworthy standards of Morrison’s relentless stream of self-aggrandising photo ops this one was too much...

Barry Zworestine speaks to AVN about how his experiences as a combat soldier in Rhodesian Bush War have shaped his practice as psychologist.

The latest @AVNHQ Business Bulletin by Leo D'Angelo Fisher

So what’s next and what should veterans do? The need for action is clear but the veteran landscape remains divided and leadership elusive.

Current and former members of the ADF, their families and ESOs have the opportunity to provide feedback to the Joint Transition Authority...

There is something deeply perverse about the federal Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Darren Chester, having a hand in...

After two decades, the international component of the war in Afghanistan is finally coming to a close. But while the allied forces may...

The Australian National Vetran Arts Museum’s (ANVAM) March to Art Exhibition is now open. Conveniently located within the QV complex...

When it was all over, I shook Chris’s hand. He filled me with pride. He didn’t need to do what he did...

Time will tell how a complex legacy is assessed, but our sons and daughters may find themselves in other wars and they deserve to benefit...

The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and British mobile satellite communications group Inmarsat have signed a $221 million contract...

FEDERAL Labor is contemplating a major overhaul of the government department in-charge of veterans, the party has revealed...

A new wellbeing, recreational and support services centre for veterans and their families opened in Melbourne this week.

The reality is that the veteran community, despite the common bond of service, is divided by competing philosophies, world views and...

It’s been a long time since the RSL, at state or national levels, has been in sync with its membership...

Online forums will be held daily from 25 March to 28 March. A face-to-face session will be hosted at the War Memorial on Saturday 27 March.

As a veteran who has lost mates to suicide, like many veterans and their loved ones I live with the ever-present fear of losing more...

As a boy, I walked the halls with my dad and marvelled at the deeds of others. With that background, when I joined the Army myself...

By Leo D’Angelo Fisher Top stories: $150 million contract secures next generation anti-missile system Boost for Cairns as regional navy...

As Australia embarks on the process of investigating and trying alleged war crimes by Australian SAS soldiers we can look to...