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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - PRESENTATION WA 2025
Concussion Presentation
Presenter Bios
Dr Sarah Hellewell
Dr Amanda Jefferson

Media Team
Apr 11 min read
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TALKING POINTS OFFICIAL Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) scheme
Background Ms Del Gaudry and Mr John Lewis on behalf of the Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA) have provided a submission to the 25...

Media Team
Apr 11 min read
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Ex-Service Organisations Round Table March 2025
Ex-Service Organisations Round Table Meeting.
The Ex-Service Organisations Round Table (ESORT) met on Tuesday, 25 March 2025.

Media Team
Apr 11 min read
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Budget 2025-26 – Outcomes for the veteran community
Budget 2025-26 – Outcomes for the veteran communication.
Significant funding for the veteran community through MYEFO

Media Team
Apr 11 min read
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Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2024
Parliament passed the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2024 (the VETS Act) 13 Feb 2025

Media Team
Feb 153 min read
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Defence Honours and Awards System
Public Hearing 7th February 2025 On 3 July 2024, the Senate referred an inquiry into the Defence honours and awards system to the Foreign...
secretaryasasa
Feb 51 min read
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PRESIDENT'S POONTIFICATIONS - DECEMBER 2024
Merry Christmas and Seasons greetings, joyful holidays = appropriate respectful salutations to all. As we move into the final weeks of 2024.

Dan Fortune
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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Ex-Service Organisations Round Table - December 2024
he Ex-Service Organisations Round Table (ESORT) met on Tuesday, 3 December 2024. A range of issues were discussed during the meeting.

Media Team
Dec 10, 20244 min read
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Children of the SAS - Stateline ABC
While those elite soldiers were engaged in enemy combat, their children lived in fear of Dad being killed or injured.

Media Team
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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The Twenty-Year Review into of the Office of the IGADF
General The IGADF, Secretary of the Department of Defence and Chief of the Defence Force have jointly appointed former Justice, the Hon...

Hon Martin Hamilton-Smith
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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The Afghan Saga of Bravery, Allegations and Betrayal | The Strategist
In 1987, fifteen years after Australia’s war in Vietnam ended, we held Welcome Home parades across the nation for our mistreated Veterans.

Hon Martin Hamilton-Smith
Sep 30, 20246 min read
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ADF chief moves to strip war veterans’ medals
May 29, 2023 - 11:26PM ASASA Chairman Martin Hamilton-Smith says without a court hearing no veteran solider should have their war medals...

Media Team
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Final Report Volume 1: Executive summary, recommendations and the fundamentals.
Final ReportVolume 1:
Executive summary, recommendations and the fundamentals.
Content warning – discussion of suicide and suicidality.

Media Team
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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7NEWS Spotlight - ABC launches investigation over ‘extra gunshots’ in video of ex-Commando Heston Russell’s November Platoon
7NEWS Spotlight’s report into the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) misreporting of veteran Heston Russell’s time in service

Media Team
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Former ADF commander Heston Russell hits out at ABC after network forced to remove footage with doctored gunshot audio.
Former Special Forces Major Heston Russell has hit out over a "shocking scandal" which saw the ABC forced to remove footage containing...

Media Team
Sep 17, 20241 min read
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Peter Dutton and Richard Marles brawl over the decision to strip Afghanistan war medals in same week as a veteran suicide report.
Peter Dutton and Richard Marles brawl over the decision to strip Afghanistan war medals in the same week as veteran suicide report.

Media Team
Sep 16, 20242 min read
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Unbelievable! Government's Decision to Strip War Medals From Former Soldiers SLAMMED!
Sky News host Erin Molan has slammed the government’s decision to strip the war medals of some former Australian soldiers . . . .

Media Team
Sep 16, 20241 min read
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Media Statement12 Sep 2024Australian Special Air Service Association
The ASASA condemns the Government’s decision to remove awards for bravery and distinguished service in action from young officers who led..

Hon Martin Hamilton-Smith
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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Media ReleaseVeterans Condemn CDF Proposal to Strip Soldiers of Distinguished Service Medals awarded in the Afghanistan War
(Embargoed until Wednesday 24 May 2023) Senior Veteran leaders are calling on the federal government to reject outright the Chief of the...

Hon Martin Hamilton-Smith
Sep 13, 20243 min read
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ASASA Submission to the Senate Inquiry
This submission addresses critical concerns related to the experiences of Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) veterans.

Hon Martin Hamilton-Smith
Sep 10, 20243 min read
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