Each year we must give the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel a report, as required under the VEA. It provides an account of our activities from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
This report is prepared for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel and the Parliament of Australia, the veterans who use our services and the organisations that support them.
Each year we must give the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel a report, as required under the VEA. It provides an account of our activities from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.
Each year we must give the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel a report, as required under the VEA. It provides an account of our activities from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. This report is prepared for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel and the Parliament of Australia, the veterans who use our services and the organisations that support them.
Each year we must give the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel a report, as required under the VEA. It provides an account of our activities from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021. This report is prepared for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel and the Parliament of Australia, the veterans who use our services and the organisations that support them.
Each year we must give the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel a report, as required under the VEA. It provides an account of our activities from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022. This report is prepared for the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel and the Parliament of Australia, the veterans who use our services and the organisations that support them.
Special rate of pension under s 24(1)(c) – whether applicant prevented from engaging in remunerative working by war-caused injuries alone – leave to extend time to rely on notice of contention refused.
Application for special rate – whether a finding made by the Tribunal as to whether the veteran performed work of a particular kind raised a question of law in relation to the phrase “remunerative work” – whether factual finding made that veteran was not performing work after turning 65 was made in a manner which raised an error of law.
Claim for PTSD and alcohol abuse – whether Tribunal failed to afford procedural fairness – whether Tribunal took into account an irrelevant consideration – whether decision affected by actual or apprehended bias – whether findings irrational, illogical or manifestly unreasonable – whether Tribunal failed to make independent inquiries – whether Tribunal failed to provide adequate reasons for its factual findings – whether Tribunal failed to apply the correct standard of proof in relation to factual findings.
Application for special rate – whether application lodged prior to applicant turning 65 – s24(2A) applicable – whether applicant was engaged in “remunerative work” – whether Tribunal misconstrued “working…for a continuous period of at least 10 years” under s24(2A)(g) – whether Tribunal misconstrued “suffering a loss” under s24(2A)(e)
Claim for PTSD, alcohol dependence and hypertension – veteran found to have been the subject of abuse and bullying – where Tribunal erred in law in finding that veteran did not experience events that involved actual or threatened serious injury having regard to the bullying conduct.