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Defence veterans' entitlement schemes to be overhauled in bid to 'save lives'

Defence Force personnel are being promised easier access to veterans' entitlements under an overhaul of legislation, as the minister confirms the backlog of claims is still above 42,000.

ABC News

New laws to give veterans easier access to compensation

How Australian veterans access compensation will be overhauled after the government declared existing laws over-complicated.

AAP

Australia prepared for possible Russian cyber-attacks after troops sent to train Ukraine soldiers – as it happened

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Ukraine Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko welcomes ADF training commitment as first troops deploy from Darwin

Ukraine's ambassador to Australia has praised ADF troops who are being deployed to the UK to help train Ukrainian soldiers fight against Russia.

ABC News

Australian troops fly to UK to teach Ukrainian recruits ‘infantry tactics for urban and wooded environments’

Federal government says aim is to help Ukrainian fighters ‘gain the military skills needed to defend their homeland’

The Guardian - AU

Bullsbrook community to get fresh water supply after toxic PFAS firefighting foam contamination

Property owners in Perth's north are still years away from getting a fresh water supply after a toxic firefighting chemical leached into their community, but they are relieved that progress is finally being made.

ABC News

Australian War Memorial says Shellal Mosaic taken during World War I would not be accepted into its collection today

There have been calls for the nearly 1500-year-old mosaic to be returned to its place of origin, however, the Australian War Memorial says that "may further damage what remains of this precious work".

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Cyber-attack on Australian defence contractor may have exposed private communications between ADF members

Dataset from communications platform ForceNet containing up to 40,000 records may be compromised after breach on external provider

The Guardian - AU

Government tells Hunter historians WWI service medals were 'likely destroyed'

"Nobody wants to look and it's because they're fearful of what they will find."

Newcastle Herald

Beazley appointed to War Memorial council

Former Labor leader Kim Beazley has been appointed as the newest member of the Australian War Memorial Council.

AAP

The Australian War Memorial’s intransigence on depicting the frontier wars speaks louder than words

Any meaningful shift in policy will need to amount to more than acquiring and hanging new artwork in a dedicated space

The Guardian - AU

Recognising the warriors: Henry Reynolds on the war memorial's surprising change of direction

First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.

The Conversation

Submarine commanders to be Australian made

The navy will conduct an inaugural submarine commander course in an effort to boost sovereignty by dispelling the need for personnel to train overseas.

AAP

The Anzac cloak has shielded the Australian War Memorial from criticism. Its recognition of frontier violence is long overdue

The integrity of Australian history demands truth-telling and our shrine to the military should lead the way

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Australian War Memorial promises ‘much broader, deeper’ depiction of frontier wars

Move comes after AWM faced criticism for sparse presentation of atrocities against Indigenous Australians during colonisation

AAP

Veterans deserve an apology, says minister

Veterans and their families deserve an apology for inappropriate care and consideration, says the federal minister in charge of the claims system.

The Canberra Times

'I say sorry': government apologises for failing Australian veterans

The government has agreed to all but two of the recommendations from the Royal Commission's first report, but won't lift parliamentary privilege.

ABC News

Veterans' minister apologises to military personnel over defence suicide rates after 'successive governments' failed

More veterans have died by suicide than in conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the veterans' affairs minister says he will take action where "successive governments" have failed.

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Minister vows action on veteran suicide

Veterans Affairs Minister Matt Keogh is pledging to formally respond as quickly as possible to the royal commission's interim report into veteran suicide.

AAP

Nation's peacekeepers honoured in Canberra

Australia has marked the 75th anniversary of the country's first peacekeeping operation with a special ceremony in Canberra.

The Guardian - AU

Australian War Memorial cannot be given ‘blank cheque’ to cover cost blowouts, Labor MP says

Government maintains support for $550m expansion project despite previous objection from MPs David Smith and Tony Zappia

AAP

Australia remembers WWII Pacific victory

Australia has marked the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day, commemorating Emperor Hirohito's announcement of Japan's surrender to the Allies.

The New Daily

Royal commission takes aim at Morrison government over ‘dereliction of duty’

An interim report from a Royal Commission into veterans suicide says the previous government failed its duty to servicemen and women.

The Guardian - AU

Australian veteran compensation scheme contributes to suicide rate, inquiry finds

Royal commission report says system is ‘so complicated that it adversely affects the mental health of some veterans’

AAP

Minister apologises for failing veterans

The federal government will act on recommendations from the royal commission's interim report immediately, the veterans affairs minister says.

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