Why we need an Oasis...

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Looking for some background info on what the problem is?  Look at this collection of reviews, investigations, commissions, inquiries and research studies.

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A couple of good primers that are not inquiries of themselves but are a good background to the situation/problems experienced by veterans and their families:

• Aspen Foundation ESO Mapping Project

• Defence and DVA Background Papers provided to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide

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2022

• AIHW Report: Understanding the wellbeing characteristics of ex-serving ADF members, released 1 Sep 2022 [Accessed 2 Sep 2022]

• Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Interim Report, tabled 11 Aug 2022 [Accessed 11 Aug 2022]

• Labor's Plan to Address the Veteran Crisis, published for the Federal Election [Accessed 22 Jun 2022]

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2021

• The interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention’s Report

  • On 15 September 2021, the interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention, Dr Bernadette Boss CSC, handed her report to the Government detailing the findings from her Independent Review of Past Defence and Veteran Suicides

  • The report was tabled in Parliament on 29 September 2021

• Final report to the Independent Review of Past Defence and Veteran Suicides, by AIHW, updated 29 Sep 2021

• Update to the Government response to the Productivity Commission report, as at 14 May 2021 [Accessed 2 Aug 2021]

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2020

• Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester tabled and released the interim Government response to the Productivity Commission report on 8 October 2020. [Accessed 2 Aug 2021]

• Productivity Commission: Inquiry Report into Mental Health [PC Website][Accessed 13 Mar 2021]

  • The report discusses some key influences on people’s mental health, examines the effect of mental health on people’s ability to participate and prosper in the community and workplace, and implications more generally for our economy and productivity.

• Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme, Sep 2020 [Accessed 7 Jan 2022]

  • The Transition and Wellbeing Research Programme (Programme) examines the impact of military service on the mental, physical and social health of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force (ADF) members, including those deployed in contemporary conflicts and their families.

  • The most important document is the Key Findings Report

• DVA Veteran Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy and National Action Plan 2020-2023 [DVA Website with link to PDF][Accessed 1 Aug 2020]

• Review Recommendations — Joint Inquiry into the facts surrounding the management of Mr Jesse Bird’s case, 2 Nov 2020, DVA Website [Accessed 7 Jan 2022]

• Coroners Court of Victoria, Findings of the Inquest into the death of Jesse Bird, Delivered 7 April 2020 [PDF Link][Accessed 7 Jan 2022]

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2019

• DVA, Veterans' Advocacy and Support Services Scoping Study report​ (Released March 2019)

• Productivity Commission, Inquiry into Compensation and Rehabilitation for Veterans "A Better Way to Support Veterans", publicly released 4 Jul 2019 (waiting for Government Response)

• AIHW National suicide monitoring of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel: 2019 update, 29 Nov 2019

 

2018

• Department of Defence and DVA: Transition Taskforce - Improving the Transition Experience, 2018

• Productivity Commission, Inquiry into Compensation and Rehabilitation for Veterans 

• Joint Standing Committee Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade (JSCFADT), Inquiry into Transition from the ADF 

• DVA, Veterans’ Advocacy and Support Services Scoping Study 

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: A Profile of Veterans 2018

• ANAO Report, Efficiency of Veterans Service Delivery by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, tabled 27 Jun 2018

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Development of a Veteran Centric Model 

 

2017

• Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade - "Suicide by veterans and ex-service personnel - The Constant Battle: Suicide by Veterans.", 15 August 2017 [link to the website including Government Response]

• National Mental Health Commission, "Review into the Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention Services Available to current and former serving ADF members and their families - Final Report: Findings and Recommendations", 28 March 2017

• Australian Institute for Health and Wellbeing (AIHW), "Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel 2001–2015", 30 Jun 2017

 

2016

• Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee - "Mental health of ADF serving personnel" (despite the title, veterans were included, see Government response below)

• Australian Government Response "Mental Health of Australian Defence Force Members and Veterans", September 2016, tabled 15 September 2016", Sep 2016

 

2013

• House of Representatives Committee, Defence Sub-Committee Report - "Care of ADF Personnel Wounded and Injured on Operations", 24 June 2013

 

2010

• DVA, Review of DVA-funded Advocacy and Welfare Services "The Rolfe Review", Dec 2010

 

2009

• Review of Mental Health Care in the Australian Defence Force and Transition Through Discharge "Dunt Review", Jan 2009

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