Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia)

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Department of Veterans' Affairs
File:Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia) logo.png
Department overview
Formed 5 October 1976 (1976-10-05)
Preceding Department
Jurisdiction Commonwealth Government
Employees 2,055 (at April 2013)[1]
Minister responsible
Department executive
Child agencies
Website www.dva.gov.au
Footnotes
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The Department of Veterans' Affairs is a department of the Government of Australia, established in 1976, and charged with the responsibility of delivering government programs for war veterans, members of the Australian Defence Force, members of the Australian Federal Police and their dependants.

For administration purposes, the department forms part of the Defence portfolio.[5]

The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, currently Simon Lewis PSM ,[4] who is responsible to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, currently the Hon. Dan Tehan MP .

Operational activities

The functions of the department are broadly classified into the following matters:[5]

  • Repatriation income support, compensation and health program for veterans, members of the Defence Force, certain mariners and their dependants
  • Commemorations, including promotion of understanding of Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and Vietnam Veterans' Day
  • War graves
  • Defence Service Homes

Agencies

In carrying out its functions, the department administers the following agencies:[2][6][7][8]

Key legislation

The Department of Veterans' Affairs is responsible for administration of several key Acts:[9]

Key officeholders

Department secretary

The Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs is Simon Lewis, since July 2013.[10] In addition to his role of departmental secretary, he is also the President of the Repatriation Commission and Chair of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.

Below is a full list of the Department's Secretaries since it was established.

Order Official Official title Date appointment
commenced		 Date appointment
ceased		 Term in office Notes
1 Sir Richard Kingsland CBE, DFC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs 5 October 1976 (1976-10-05) 1981 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. years served as Secretary to the Repatriation Department since 1970
2 Derek Volker 1981 14 November 1986 (1986-11-14) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. years
3 Noel Tanzer 18 December 1986 (1986-12-18) 1 March 1989 (1989-03-01) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
4 Lionel Woodward 1 March 1989 (1989-03-01) 26 April 1994 (1994-04-26) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
5 Allan Hawke 1994 1996 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. years
6 Neil Johnston 11 March 1996 (1996-03-11) 30 September 2004 (2004-09-30) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
7 Mark Sullivan 26 October 2004 (2004-10-26) 2008 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. years
8 Ian Campbell 22 September 2008 (2008-09-22) 5 July 2013 (2013-07-05) Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.
9 Simon Lewis July 2013 incumbent Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. acting between May and July 2013

Other key officeholders

Other key officeholders in the department are the Deputy President of the Repatriation Commission, currently Craig Orme DSC, AM, CSC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ; and the Repatriation Commissioner, currently Major General M. A. Kelly AO, DSC, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .[11]

See also

References

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External links

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