Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC and Minister for Defence Personnel, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 14.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 96, 9 May 2018, p. 3069.

[3]        See, for example, Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, The Constant Battle: Suicide by Veterans, August 2017; Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Mental health of Australian Defence Force members and veterans, March 2016; Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Care of ADF Personnel Wounded and Injured on Operations, June 2013.

[4]        National Mental Health Commission, Review into the Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Services available to current and former serving ADF members and their families, March 2017.

[5]        Michael Klapdor, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 1) Bill 2018, Bills Digest No. 91, 2017–18, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2018, p. 5.  

[6]        Australian Government Response to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee report, The constant battle: suicide by veterans, The Senate, Canberra, October 2017, p. 5.

[7]        Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), Budget 2017–18: veteran centric reform, DVA, Canberra, 2017, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 2, p. 2.

[9]        Commonwealth of Australia, Budget measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2016–17, p. 154.

[10]      Commonwealth of Australia, Budget measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2017–18, p. 178.

[11]      Commonwealth of Australia, Budget measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2017–18, pp. 178–9.

[12]      Commonwealth of Australia, Budget measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2018–19, p. 190.

[13]      Michael Klapdor, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 1) Bill 2018, Bills Digest No. 91, 2017–18, Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2018, p. 3.

[14]      Michael Klapdor, Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 1) Bill 2018, p. 3; Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, The Constant Battle: Suicide by Veterans, August 2017.

[15]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 14.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum (EM), p. 2.

[17]      EM, p. 2.

[18]      The VEA and the SRCA may apply to those with service before 1 July 2004. The MRCA was enacted to provide rehabilitation and compensation for a range of persons who served on or after 1 July 2004.

[19]      EM, p. 3.

[20]      DVA, Submission 2, p. 2.

[21]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[22]      See Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 2) Bill 2018, proposed commencement information; EM, p. 3.

[23]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (the committee), The Constant Battle: Suicide by Veterans, August 2017, Recommendation 14.

[24]      EM, pp. 13-14.  

[25]      EM, pp. 13-14.

[26]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[27]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[28]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (the committee), The Constant Battle: Suicide by Veterans, August 2017, p. 32; Commonwealth of Australia, Budget measures: Budget Paper No. 2 2017–18, p. 177.

[29]      EM, p. 1.

[30]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 14.

[31]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[32]      EM, p.13. See National Mental Health Commission, Review into the Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Services available to current and former serving ADF members and their families, March 2017. 

[33]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (the committee), The Constant Battle: Suicide by Veterans, August 2017, recommendation 1.

[34]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[35]      Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veteran-centric Reforms No. 1) Act 2018, Schedule 3.

[36]      Military and Compensation Act 2004, ss. 236(2).

[37]      EM, p. 15.

[38]      DVA, Schedule 3 – Compensation for member’s death for wholly dependent partners, https://www.dva.gov.au/about-dva/legislation/veterans-affairs-legislation-amendment-budget-measures-act-2017/schedule-3 (accessed 5 June 2018).

[39]      DVA, Factsheet MRC47—Education Scheme, 12 October 2017.

[40]      Submission 1, p. 1.

[41]      EM, p. 17.

[42]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 15.

[43]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 15.

[44]      EM, p. 17.

[45]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 15.

[46]      EM, p. 21.

[47]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 15.

[48]      EM, p. 22.

[49]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 15.

[50]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 15.

[51]      DVA, Submission 2, p. 5. See Commonwealth of Australia, Report of the Review of Veterans' Entitlements, January 2003.

[52]      The Hon Darren Chester MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives Hansard, 24 May 2018, p. 16.

[53]      EM, p. 23.