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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

It is a rare case of community activism paying off. Julie-Ann Finney has done her son proud...

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...

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

Most Australians have a fixed idea of what a “veteran” is. With images of Anzac Day marches and dawn services in mind they see...

The cancellation of Melbourne’s Anzac Day march comes as a blow not just to the veteran community but to all Victorians...

A petition calling for a royal commission into veteran suicides has attracted 394,000 signatures...

Senator Jacqui Lambie updates @AVNHQ on her recent efforts in Townsville to listen to the veteran community and echo the overwhelming...

We can only speculate on Scott Morrison’s thinking, but Linda Reynolds might wish to invest in a bigger rear-view mirror.

RSL Victoria is in trouble. It has become dysfunctional, divided and hopelessly decoupled from its reason for being...

That Mr Moon’s candidacy could be so blithely blocked smacks of contempt for the membership and borders on the scandalous.

Ignore what it says on the website: hospitality and gaming is the core business of RSL Victoria.

Suicide prevention expert Nikki Jamieson explains why must have a royal commission into veteran suicides.