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The amended National Constitution may be voted on at your State's Special General Meeting (SGM)--See dates for the holding of these meetings on your state pages.
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Vietnam Veterans Family Study - Register Now
The Dept of Veterans Affairs needs Vietnam Veterans' family members to participate in the Vietnam Veterans' Family Study. It is important to get as many veterans and their families participating in the study as possible. This will give researchers a realistic picture of the issues affecting Vietnam Veterans and their families.
For comparison, the study will also need service personnel of the Vietnam War era who did not go to Vietnam.
The Minister for Veterans' Affairs is very keen to get as wide an involvement from the veteran community as possible. He is determined that this health study be done with vigor!
The Partners of Veterans Association of Australia need you, our members to "show the way" with this health study. If you have yet to register, please do so now and talk to all members of the Vietnam veteran community you know and encourage them also to register.
NOW is the HOUR. We have been fighting for this long enough. The ball is now in our court.
Please remember: "The support of veterans and their families for this study will pave the way for future research to benefit the families of younger veterans from more recent deployments, such as East Timor."
To register for the Vietnam Veterans' Family Study:-
Register online at:-
Phone: 1800 502 302
For Further Information on the Family Study:
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President, Narelle Bromhead and Lesley Minner attended the Senate Community Affairs Committee at Parliament House on Monday 3 November 2008 to give evidence to the committee on legislation concerning Partner Service Pension. Please see outcomes below.
Changes to Eligibility for Partner Service Pension
From 1 July 2009, eligibility for partner service pension (PSP) for a separated spouse will be paid for a maximum of 12 months from the date of separation unless you have been assessed as a member of an illness separated couple or special domestic circumstances apply. In those cases, PSP will continue to be paid.
Separated partners will have a full 12 month period from the date of their separation from the veteran to make alternative financial arrangements, unless they divorce or enter into a de facto relationship.
Those born on or before 31 December 1945 will remain eligible for the partner service pension.
As is the current situation, couples who are considered to be illness separated will continue to receive partner service pension
Partners in special domestic circumstances will be exempt from cancellation of partner service pension.
Special domestic circumstances are where the couple have separated and the veteran has a psychological or mental health condition recognised by the Department and there was an unsafe domestic environment for the partner and/or children prior to separation.
In order to establish whether special domestic circumstances apply, the partner (only) will be asked to complete a questionnaire.
Where there is supporting information, this should be included and may include documents such as police reports or advice from medical practitioners.
Please note that if partners divorce or the recipient of the PSP enters into a de facto relationship with another person they will lose eligibility and payments will be cancelled. This is the current situation and has not been affected by this legislative change.
The Department of Veterans' Affairs has written to all affected partners, advising of the new changes to partner service pension.
Provided by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs for the Partners of Veterans Association of Australia Inc.
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