The Coalition will boost support for veterans and their families as part of a $63.2 million suite of initiatives to create Veterans\u2019 Wellbeing Centres across the country, deliver job opportunities and secure health and housing services for the future.
\nWe will invest $30 million in a network of six new Veterans\u2019 Wellbeing Centres that will bring together the key services for our veterans and their families.
\nThe new Centres will integrate government and non-government support for Australians who have served in our Defence Forces with local health services community organisations, advocacy and wellbeing support. They will partner with ex-service organisations and state and territory governments across Australia.
\nOur government has a strong track record delivering services and support to our veterans and their families. We understand the role that ex-service organisations play in supporting veterans after their service has concluded.
\nIn order to support them to deliver those services, we want to help more organisations find more veterans meaningful civilian jobs. That\u2019s why we will also invest $16.2 million to support organisations including Soldier On, Team Rubicon and State Branches of the RSL. Along with other ex-service organisations, these groups will also be able to use the new Veterans\u2019 Wellbeing Centres to deliver their services.
\nWe know how important exercise physiology and physiotherapy are for Totally and Permanently Incapacitated (TPI) veterans so we will deliver an extra $17 million to exempt them from the new \u2018Treatment Cycle\u2019 requirements that were due to commence on 1 July 2019, allowing TPI veterans to continue to access these important allied health services under existing arrangements.
\nA re-elected Morrison Government will also make it easier for veterans to access the Defence Home Ownership Assistance Scheme. We will extend the time for eligible veterans to access the program from two to five years after they complete their ADF service. This will allow veterans and their families more time to settle their affairs and find a home once their service has been completed.
\nWe will also extend eligibility to the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme to allow any current or former ADF member who has at least one day of service to access home building insurance through the Scheme. That means veterans can access more competitively priced home building insurance, particularly in disaster prone areas, which will lower the cost of living for veterans and their families, particularly in northern Australia.
\nThe Coalition has introduced legislation to create an Australian Veterans\u2019 Covenant, which, in partnership with the ex-service community, will formally recognise the unique nature of military service and acknowledge and honour the service and sacrifice of our service personnel.
\nWe also understand it is important our veterans are appropriately recognised by the community and businesses, even when they\u2019re not wearing their medals and uniforms. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve launched the Australian Veterans\u2019 Card and Lapel Pin, so veterans can be appropriately recognised, including by businesses who want to offer special discounts and offers to veterans.
\nThe Coalition\u2019s plan to put our veterans and their families first builds on an extensive record of support for veterans:<\/p>\n
Only the Coalition can be trusted to deliver for veterans and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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