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Senator James McGrath – RCB Address to the Senate
Senator McGrath is a strong supporter of veterans and their families. We thank him for his support and commitment to the truth. Like US Past President Ronald Reagan, our Senator is a 'Trust but Verify' advocate. Yesterday, he addressed the Senate on the RCB's...
RCB Recognition of Service – Submission to Minister for Defence Personnel
To date our submission of 4th October 2021 remains unanswered but the Minister has agreed to our request for a ZOOM meeting with him on the 2nd December 2021. We want a decision without further delay. His decision will determine our campaign's future direction Here is...
A call to honour the fallen on Remembrance Day
‘One sits and ponders sadly of those many pals who are “gone to that home from which no wanderer returns.” … The very flower of our manhood have paid the greatest price, not willingly for not one of them but longed to live, return home and forget, yes just forget the...
RCB Update 5th November 2021 – Movement at the Station
Firstly, I want to explain to all our RCB veterans and our supporters the long delay in reporting our activities. It was necessary for operational security reasons in preparing our latest submission to the Government and the new Minister for Defence Personnel and...
RARA Statement – Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission
The Royal Commission has been established following an agreement by the Governor-General on 8 July 2021. The Government has now released the Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission. For more information on the Royal Commission, including the Terms of Reference and...
Advice – Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide
From the Secretary DVA. “Today the Prime Minister the Hon Scott Morrison MP announced that the Governor-General of Australia, His Excellency, General David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), has signed the Letters Patent, officially establishing the Royal Commission. The...
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide – Appointments and Terms of Reference
Nick Kaldas to lead Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Scott Morrison has appointed former NSW police deputy commissioner Nick Kaldas to lead the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Speaking at Kirribilli House on Thursday, the Prime...
From History – Thought for The Day
"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. Our petitions have been slighted (disrespected), our supplications (appeals) have been disregarded; and we have been...
Comment – The Dark Emu Indictment words could equally apply to our Government’s RCB Peacetime Service Classification
In Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate, anthropologist Peter Sutton and archaeologist Keryn Walshe deliver a damning indictment on Bruce Pascoe’s bestselling and prize-winning book Dark Emu, saying it “is poorly researched”, “distorts and exaggerates many...
Proposed new Ministry – New Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel
The Prime Minister has announced proposed changes to the Ministry following consultation with the Deputy Prime Minister. There are a number of changes, including to the Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel...