The Department of Veterans’ Affairs is responsible for providing a range of programs of care, compensation, income support and commemoration for the veteran and defence force communities and their families. We provide support and information for:

• veterans and their dependants
• Australian Defence Force personnel
• war widows/widowers
• Australian participants in British Nuclear Tests in Australia
• members of the Australian Federal Police, and 
• students, teachers and historians.

The services we provide include:

• pensions and compensation
• health care
• rehabilitation
• counselling services
• help for servicemen and women returning to civilian life
• commemorative and community grants
• home care assistance
• subsidised loans for housing and other housing-related benefits
• commemorative activities, and 
• historical information.

Our commemorations program promotes understanding of Australia’s wartime history and the significance of national events such as Anzac Day, Remembrance Day and Vietnam Veterans’ Day.