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‘Frontline’ Mackay hub for veterans and first responders

The project is backed by Sir Peter Cosgrove, veterans Keith Payne and Ken Higgins and the Dawson MP

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03rd Nov. 2020 1:11 PM

RSL Mackay sub-branch president Ken Higgins and PTSD Frontline Chairman Dr Peter Wirth. Picture: Heidi Petith

Soldiers’ courage recognised 49 years after heroic action

ONE man’s 50-year battle for recognition of the heroics made by four soldiers he commanded in the Vietnam War has finally...

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15th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

LETTER: GP hotline to help veterans

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs describes helping hotline

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05th Aug. 2020 3:08 AM

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester outlines helping hotline. Photo: File

How fresh funding will help our veteran groups

Five groups in Wide Bay will get a boost through the BEST grants program.

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01st July 2020 1:07 PM

VETERAN GROUP FUNDING: Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt said five ESOs in the electorate have received funding under the government’s BEST grants program. Picture: Allan Reinikka

New funding calls for big project at veteran retreat

Cockscomb is open to all retired and serving members of our defence forces and their families

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13th June 2020 10:06 AM

Herbert Elliot, Bob Holmes, member for Capricornia Michelle Landry, Ray Arthur and Nick Quigley at Cockscolm Veterans Retreat

Remembering first nations people who have served

Australians are being asked to reflect on their service for National Reconciliation Week

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29th May 2020 4:05 PM

Private David Harris (WX1823) of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, as painted by Stella Bowen in June 1945. During World War II, Pvt Harris was wounded in battle on the Greek island of Crete and captured by German troops while convalescing at a Casualty Clearing Station. PIcture: Stella Bowen, Australian War Memorial

Commemorate 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe

IT IS difficult to imagine the emotions felt 75 years ago on May 8, 1945, when Victory in Europe was declared, and the war...

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06th May 2020 12:05 AM

An estimated 100,000 people attended a service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne the day after Victory in Europe on May 8, 1945.

Minister collapses in parliament

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester has collapsed in the chamber in Parliament House and has been taken to...

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12th Feb. 2020 12:02 PM

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester collapsed in parliament this morning. Picture: AAP

Opinion: ‘No cruelty to birds can be justified’

‘Why is it that when cruelty occurs on a gigantic scale we ignore to it?’

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31st Oct. 2019 1:10 AM

A man ripped a Kookaburra’s head off in Western Australia. Picture: ISABELLA LETTINI

Win in veterans' fight for pension payback

RETIRED defence personnel embroiled in a fight over pension payments have claimed a small victory.

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27th March 2019 4:03 PM

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