As the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide concludes, the swift legislative responses by the Albanese government are being...

Throughout the Royal Commission into Veteran and Defence Suicide, the Department of Veterans Affairs has faced heavy criticism. Described...

Op-Ed by Jasmine Stanton, National Director of the Defence and Veterans Legal Service It’s regarded as a great Aussie expression and was...

Op-Ed by Luke Gosling OAM MP For many Afghanistan veterans and their families, the withdrawal from Kabul in 2021 and the imagery of the...

Documents disclosed to several news outlets, including Australian Veteran News, reveal serious concerns about the Department of Veterans’...

Regular AVN correspondent Eamon Hale weighs in to our debate on the role of the RSL and need for a peak body for ESOs. Dear Mark, I read...

Respected policy advocate for veterans and their families, Bill Westhead, offers the follow analysis and insights response to Mark...

The Returned and Services League (RSL) Australia has, over the past year, coordinated a series of National Forums for Ex-Service...

The announcement of Mr. Kahlil Fegan DSC AM as the new Repatriation Commissioner has prompted concerns within the veteran community...

When the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide embarked on its Melbourne hearings, it marked another step in Australia's...

Is this the best we’ve got? Are these comments appropriate? “When I get a voice that is having trouble speaking English asking me for...

Being an active member of the Returned and Services League of Victoria (RSL Vic), I have witnessed firsthand the dedication, sacrifice,...

We are pleased to present a thoughtful response from one of our loyal readers, Laurence Quinn, a seasoned veteran with deep insights...

For the first time a junior non-commissioned officer will be appointed as the new Department of Veterans Affairs (Interim) Repatriation...

The Vietnam War was finally won by the North Vietnamese in 1975, marked by the images streamed around the world of their tanks smashing...

In the often-tumultuous theatre of war, clear lines of responsibility can blur, challenging the very core of ethical and legal norms....

RSL Australia recently launched the Veterans' Catalogue App, which is supposed to help veterans find support services. However, upon...

An important event is underway in Canberra today under the leadership of Ian Lindgren who has established a notable coterie of advocates...

Andrew McDougall A friend recently announced on social media that he was being medically discharged. After 30 years, that was the end of...

By Eamon Hale It was a momentous moment that most of us remember like it was yesterday. Standing in a Defence Force Recruiting Centre or...

Andrew McDougall writes about the hidden costs of service life and the need to better support the psychological transition to civilian life.

This year, unlike any other year in its recent history, RSL member and community expectations on the performance of the RSL in the...

It’s time for the RSL to hold government accountable for its actions to veterans. If it chooses not to, someone else will.

17 June 2022 Re: Apathy and absence: RSL Australia plays politics at the expense of veteran advocacy Now that the dust has settled on the...

By George Alban and Eamon Hale On 1 June 2022, RSL Australia’s entrenched failure to speak publicly on behalf of the veteran population...

Scrapping the injury trial that unfairly prioritises some claimants over others will help clear the claims backlog plaguing DVA

Letter submitted by MAJ Rick Ryan (RTD) After watching the lackluster performance of Liz Cosson DVA on the 14th of April 2022, I am more...

In a daring act of defiance, Andrew Gee, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel, stood ready to resign over a budget...

Bruce Ruxton died in 2011, leaving a legacy of dogged advocacy and service to Australian veterans and their families...

The politicisation of national security overshaddowing the safety of Australian defence and security personnel

Eamon Hale's opinion piece on the election of Major General Stephen Day DSC AM as RSL Queensland's State President.

The Coalition’s bravado has nothing to do with foreign policy. It is naked brinksmanship with only one objective: the 2022 election.

This letter relates to the fact that compensation and health entitlements vary significantly depending when a veteran served and the...

Now the federal Minister for Education, Alan Tudge, has decided to use the ADF as an ideological prop in the woke wars.

So, to cut to the chase, have you metaphorically put your weapon down?

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

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...

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

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."

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

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

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

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,...

Boss clearly did not expect that her role would be suspended while the work of the royal commission was done...

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...

It is with barely concealed bitterness that Darren Chester has been forced to end his time as Minister for Veterans’ Affairs...

Veterans were the last thing on Barnaby Joyce’s mind when he sacked Veterans’ Affairs’ Minister Darren Chester.