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Submissions received for Compensation and Rehabilitation for Veterans.

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Submissions received before the release of the draft report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
1 Andrew Fleming * in confidence content omitted - -
2 Kenneth Park (PDF - 185.9 KB) 5 01/04/2018
  Kenneth Park (Word - 53.0 KB)    
3 William Forsbey (PDF - 947.5 KB) 8 14/04/2018
4 Alliance of Defence Service Organisations (PDF - 367.7 KB) 21 19/04/2018
5 Robert Edwards (PDF - 97.2 KB) 1 28/04/2018
  Robert Edwards (Word - 12.5 KB)    
6 Peter Nelms (PDF - 129.3 KB) 1 28/04/2018
  Peter Nelms (Word - 12.3 KB)    
7 Leslie Moore (PDF - 87.4 KB) 2 29/04/2018
  Leslie Moore (Word - 15.8 KB)    
8 Peter Hayes (PDF - 76.1 KB) 1 02/05/2018
9 Name withheld * in confidence content omitted - -
10 Hugh Baldwin (PDF - 397.5 KB) 3 01/05/2018
11 Brian Fuller (PDF - 155.7 KB) 3 01/05/2018
  Brian Fuller (Word - 32.0 KB)    
12 Name withheld * in confidence content omitted - -
13 Hilton Lenard and Keith Russell (PDF - 209.7 KB) 8 02/05/2018
  Hilton Lenard and Keith Russell (Word - 30.8 KB)    
14 Charles Mollison (PDF - 57.3 KB) 1 04/05/2018
  Charles Mollison (Word - 12.3 KB)    
15 Brendan Dwyer (PDF - 1.2 MB) 43 02/05/2018
16 Raymond Wombold (PDF - 342.3 KB) 4 30/04/2018
Attachment A: Actual offset and payment amounts (PDF - 41.3 KB) 2 30/04/2018
Attachment B: Compensation assessment letter (PDF - 129.4 KB) 1 30/04/2018
Attachment C: Disability Pension Examination letter (PDF - 107.0 KB) 1 30/04/2018
17 Keith Hemburrow (PDF - 79.3 KB) 1 05/05/2018
  Keith Hemburrow (Word - 12.6 KB)    
Attachment: A brief comment (PDF - 131.6 KB) 1 05/05/2018
  Attachment: A brief comment (Word - 12.8 KB)    
18 Claude Palmer (PDF - 35.8 KB) 3 06/05/2018
  Claude Palmer (Word - 38.5 KB)    
19 Daniel Foley (PDF - 165.5 KB) 13 05/05/2018
  Daniel Foley (Word - 77.5 KB)    
20 Owen Bartrop (PDF - 118.0 KB) 3 06/05/2018
  Owen Bartrop (Word - 18.3 KB)    
21 Steven Cartner (PDF - 134.0 KB) 2 14/05/2018
  Steven Cartner (Word - 27.9 KB)    
22 Ian Muldoon (PDF - 130.8 KB) 1 12/05/2018
  Ian Muldoon (Word - 17.2 KB)    
23 Martin Rollins (PDF - 610.3 KB) * in confidence content omitted 11 21/05/2018
24 Timothy Chesterfield (PDF - 91.0 KB) 2 21/05/2018
  Timothy Chesterfield (Word - 15.2 KB)    
25 Garry Ridge (PDF - 167.0 KB) 2 21/05/2018
Attachment 1: Extract of terms used in Veteran Affairs newsletter (PDF - 13.8 KB) 1 21/05/2018
Attachment 2: Letter to the Prime Minister (PDF - 189.2 KB) 4 21/05/2018
26 John Reeves (PDF - 100.1 KB) 2 27/05/2018
  John Reeves (Word - 17.0 KB)    
27 John Burrows (PDF - 150.8 KB) 6 28/05/2018
  John Burrows (Word - 31.9 KB)    
28 Christopher Horner, Jarrod Chandler, Scott Allen Hine, Gareth Jones, Steven Newell, Brad Kirkels, Kenneth Kendall, Catherine Stamp, Kieron Sullivan, John Harding, Jane Megan Inglis and Michael Dennerley (PDF - 139.1 KB) 4 29/05/2018
  Christopher Horner, Jarrod Chandler, Scott Allen Hine, Gareth Jones, Steven Newell, Brad Kirkels, Kenneth Kendall, Catherine Stamp, Kieron Sullivan, John Harding, Jane Megan Inglis and Michael Dennerley (Word - 16.4 KB)    
29 Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation (PDF - 757.6 KB) 63 30/05/2018
  Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation (Word - 868.0 KB)    
Attachment A: Issue No 1 – Defining the term ‘Veteran’ (PDF - 195.8 KB) 4 30/05/2018
  Attachment A: Issue No 1 – Defining the term ‘Veteran’ (Word - 38.0 KB)    
Attachment B: A Proposed Australian Military Accord (PDF - 139.4 KB) 3 30/05/2018
Attachment C: Speech: The Senate proof adjournment: Australian Defence Force (PDF - 82.7 KB) 3 30/05/2018
Attachment D: The calculations in Tables 23.1 and 23.2 in GARP 5(M) (PDF - 617.9 KB) 4 30/05/2018
Attachment E: Evidence to the Senate Standing Committee inquiring into DRCA on 15 March 2017 (PDF - 123.0 KB) 2 30/05/2018
  Attachment E: Evidence to the Senate Standing Committee inquiring into DRCA on 15 March 2017 (Word - 32.0 KB)    
Attachment F: Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into matters raised in the Defence Annual Report 2016-17 (PDF - 290.2 KB) 13 30/05/2018
  Attachment F: Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Inquiry into matters raised in the Defence Annual Report 2016-17 (Word - 590.0 KB)    
30 Peter Hawes (PDF - 245.6 KB) 4 04/06/2018
31 R P Redenbach (PDF - 86.6 KB) 3 01/06/2018
32 Terry Fogarty (PDF - 406.8 KB) 12 07/06/2018
  Terry Fogarty (Word - 46.4 KB)    
33 Giselle Fleming (PDF - 808.2 KB) 22 08/05/2018
34 Vietnam Veterans’ Federation of Australia (VVFA) (PDF - 974.8 KB) 44 12/06/2018
  Vietnam Veterans’ Federation of Australia (VVFA) (Word - 191.2 KB)    
Supplementary submission: Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation (AFOM) (PDF - 369.7 KB) 11 24/09/2018
35 Terence Meehan (PDF - 186.5 KB) 11 11/06/2018
36 Name withheld (PDF - 74.6 KB) 6 15/06/2018
37 Raymond Kemp (PDF - 949.1 KB) 31 15/06/2018
38 Chris Hewitt (PDF - 93.1 KB) 1 15/06/2018
  Chris Hewitt (Word - 12.4 KB)    
39 Rustyn Thomas (PDF - 102.8 KB) 2 17/06/2018
  Rustyn Thomas (Word - 28.7 KB)    
Attachment: Letter to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (PDF - 110.4 KB) 2 17/06/2018
  Attachment: Letter to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Word - 37.2 KB)    
40 Stephan Rudzki (PDF - 228.8 KB) 6 15/06/2018
  Stephan Rudzki (Word - 21.5 KB)    
Attachments A to K: Supporting documents (PDF - 46.9 KB) 1
  Attachments A to K: Supporting documents (Word - 12.7 KB)    
Attachment B: The Cost of Injury to the Australian Army (PDF - 1.8 MB) 289 15/06/2018
41 Mattheus Linden (PDF - 62.8 KB) 2 17/06/2018
  Mattheus Linden (Word - 14.2 KB)    
42 Vietnam Veterans and Veterans Federation ACT Inc and Belconnen RSL Sub Branch (PDF - 4.1 MB) 27 14/06/2018
43 Robert Manning (PDF - 753.1 KB) 29 13/04/2018
Attachment: Review of Service Entitlement Anomalies in Respect of South-east Asian Service 1955-75 (PDF - 1.6 MB) 173 13/04/2018
44 Neil Kirkwood (PDF - 93.8 KB) 2 22/06/2018
  Neil Kirkwood (Word - 15.4 KB)    
45 Robert Black (PDF - 113.2 KB) 4 21/06/2018
  Robert Black (Word - 22.3 KB)    
46 Helen Townsend (PDF - 73.2 KB) 2 23/06/2018
  Helen Townsend (Word - 40.9 KB)    
47 Peter Hawes (PDF - 248.2 KB) 4 24/06/2018
48 Rodney Kenneth Parnell (PDF - 143.9 KB) 1 25/06/2018
  Rodney Kenneth Parnell (Word - 21.0 KB)    
49 Peter Reece (PDF - 198.8 KB) 11 25/06/2018
  Peter Reece (Word - 26.7 KB)    
50 D Green (PDF - 104.4 KB) 4 25/06/2018
51 Olivia Pursey (PDF - 500.0 KB) 19 25/06/2018
  Olivia Pursey (Word - 39.9 KB)    
52 Christoph Berg (PDF - 119.1 KB) 2 25/06/2018
  Christoph Berg (Word - 47.5 KB)    
53 Don Sullivan (PDF - 579.9 KB) 46 25/06/2018
54 Adrian d'Hagé (PDF - 233.3 KB) 1 26/06/2018
  Adrian d'Hagé (Word - 14.2 KB)    
55 Alan Ashmore (PDF - 264.8 KB) 6 21/06/2018
  Alan Ashmore (Word - 71.5 KB)    
Attachment: ESORT - DVA response to member submission (PDF - 315.3 KB) 5 21/06/2018
56 Melanie Pike (PDF - 98.9 KB) 5 27/06/2018
57 Name withheld (PDF - 159.0 KB) 6 28/06/2018
58 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) (PDF - 235.9 KB) 11 28/06/2018
59 Ross Wood (PDF - 78.6 KB) 2 26/06/2018
60 Brad DÉlboux (PDF - 226.7 KB) 6 29/06/2018
61 David Melandri (PDF - 214.9 KB) 7 29/06/2018
  David Melandri (Word - 23.5 KB)    
62 Commonwealth Ombudsman (PDF - 240.7 KB) 6 29/06/2018
  Commonwealth Ombudsman (Word - 690.2 KB)    
63 Ross Benton (PDF - 135.6 KB) 1 28/06/2018
  Ross Benton (Word - 15.0 KB)    
64 John Cornish (PDF - 96.3 KB) 2 27/06/2018
  John Cornish (Word - 16.3 KB)    
65 Stephen Janz (PDF - 124.9 KB) 4 01/07/2018
  Stephen Janz (Word - 34.5 KB)    
66 Peter Alkemade (PDF - 136.0 KB) 5 01/07/2018
  Peter Alkemade (Word - 33.7 KB)    
67 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health (PDF - 362.1 KB) 4 02/07/2018
68 Slater + Gordon Lawyers (PDF - 923.7 KB) 146 27/06/2018
69 Alexander McFarlane (PDF - 122.6 KB) 6 02/07/2018
  Alexander McFarlane (Word - 26.0 KB)    
70 Name withheld (PDF - 89.7 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 6 02/07/2018
71 Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA) (PDF - 219.5 KB) 6 02/07/2018
72 Veterans and Veterans Counselling Service (VVCS) National Advisory Committee (PDF - 227.6 KB) 5 03/07/2018
73 RSL Queensland (PDF - 1.6 MB) 60 02/07/2018
74 Rehabilitation Counselling Association of Australasia (RCAA) (PDF - 157.5 KB) 4 02/07/2018
  Rehabilitation Counselling Association of Australasia (RCAA) (Word - 691.9 KB)    
75 Petrina Fisher (PDF - 213.2 KB) 4 28/06/2018
76 Robert Shortridge (PDF - 121.1 KB) 3 01/07/2018
  Robert Shortridge (Word - 19.0 KB)    
77 Partners of Veterans Association of Australia (PDF - 214.9 KB) 9 29/06/2018
78 Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (PDF - 315.5 KB) 11 01/07/2018
  Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (Word - 181.6 KB)    
79 David Tymms (PDF - 123.0 KB) 4 01/07/2018
  David Tymms (Word - 21.4 KB)    
80 Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (PDF - 255.6 KB) 6 01/07/2018
  Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (Word - 2.7 MB)    
81 Australian Veterans Alliance (PDF - 103.6 KB) 3 02/07/2018
  Australian Veterans Alliance (Word - 16.3 KB)    
Attachment: The case for the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to be included in the Royal Commission into the Financial Services Sector (PDF - 912.4 KB) 40 02/07/2018
  Attachment: The case for the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to be included in the Royal Commission into the Financial Services Sector (Word - 2.2 MB)    
82 Maurice Blackburn Lawyers (PDF - 1.2 MB) 46 02/07/2018
83 Matthew Crossley (PDF - 230.5 KB) 2 02/07/2018
84 Mates4Mates (PDF - 682.7 KB) 8 02/07/2018
85 Alliance of Defence Service Organisations (ADSO) (PDF - 1.1 MB) 68 02/07/2018
86 Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers Association (Queensland) (PDF - 126.9 KB) 1 01/07/2018
87 War Widows' Guild of Australia Inc (PDF - 681.4 KB) 10 02/07/2018
  War Widows' Guild of Australia Inc (Word - 57.1 KB)    
88 Warwick Reading (PDF - 83.3 KB) 1 02/07/2018
  Warwick Reading (Word - 15.0 KB)    
89 Warren Harrex (PDF - 248.1 KB) 5 03/07/2018
  Warren Harrex (Word - 24.3 KB)    
90 Employers Mutual Limited (EML) (PDF - 331.6 KB) 7 28/06/2018
91 Harry Harkness (PDF - 37.8 KB) 1 29/06/2018
  Harry Harkness (Word - 11.9 KB)    
Attachment: Onus of Proof (PDF - 2.0 MB) 311 29/06/2018
92 The Oasis Townsville (PDF - 112.3 KB) 1 01/07/2018
93 Air Force Association (PDF - 197.6 KB) 7 02/07/2018
  Air Force Association (Word - 33.7 KB)    
94 Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) (PDF - 145.3 KB) 3 02/07/2018
  Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) (Word - 58.5 KB)    
95 Alan Ashmore (PDF - 168.4 KB) 6 02/07/2018
  Alan Ashmore (Word - 30.1 KB)    
96 Veterans’ Advisory Council (VAC) and the Veterans’ Health Advisory Council (VHAC) of South Australia (PDF - 196.4 KB) 9 03/07/2018
  Veterans’ Advisory Council (VAC) and the Veterans’ Health Advisory Council (VHAC) of South Australia (Word - 31.1 KB)    
97 William Gore (PDF - 129.9 KB) 2 07/07/2018
  William Gore (Word - 17.6 KB)    
98 GO2 Health (PDF - 195.3 KB) 10 02/07/2018
99 Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans’ Mental Health (PDF - 450.1 KB) 5 06/07/2018
100 Legacy Australia (PDF - 163.9 KB) 9 03/07/2018
101 Name withheld * in confidence content omitted - -
102 Alan Ashmore * in confidence content omitted - -
103 Fiona Brandis (PDF - 121.4 KB) 2 02/07/2018
  Fiona Brandis (Word - 16.6 KB)    
104 Geoff Griffiths (PDF - 24.9 KB) 2 02/09/2018
105 Chris Berg * in confidence content omitted - -
106 Withdrawn - -
107 National Mental Health Commission (NMHC) (PDF - 461.5 KB) 6 05/07/2018
108 Peter Sutherland (PDF - 239.4 KB) 6 10/07/2018
  Peter Sutherland (Word - 131.0 KB)    
Attachment: Harmonisation of the Veterans' Entitlements and Military Compensation Legislation (PDF - 196.9 KB) 1 10/07/2018
109 Legal Aid NSW (PDF - 1.0 MB) 27 10/07/2018
110 William Brown (PDF - 152.1 KB) 8 23/06/2018
  William Brown (Word - 28.6 KB)    
111 Repatriation Medical Authority (PDF - 389.3 KB) 9 02/07/2018
Attachments: 1 – RMA Practices and Procedures, 2 – Statistics on coverage and claim success rates, 3 – Levels of Evidence, and 4 – Statistics on numbers of RH factors vs BOP factors (PDF - 486.1 KB) 22 02/07/2018
112 Name Withheld * in confidence content omitted - -
113 Returned and Services League (RSL) of Australia - National Office (PDF - 443.3 KB) 34 06/07/2018
  Returned and Services League (RSL) of Australia - National Office (Word - 93.1 KB)    
114 RSL Veterans' Centre East Sydney (PDF - 323.1 KB) 15 12/07/2018
  RSL Veterans' Centre East Sydney (Word - 129.3 KB)    
115 Geoffrey Shafran (PDF - 42.7 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 1 15/07/2018
  Geoffrey Shafran (Word - 19.4 KB)    
116 Rod Thompson (PDF - 558.1 KB) 9 16/07/2018
  Rod Thompson (Word - 691.0 KB)    
Attachment: Supporting document (PDF - 1.7 MB) 138 16/07/2018
117 Veterans’ Review Board (PDF - 332.2 KB) 12 18/07/2018
118 Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA) (PDF - 1.1 MB) 82 15/07/2018
119 Name withheld (PDF - 97.4 KB) 2 16/07/2018
120 Geoffrey Shafran (PDF - 85.3 KB) 2 17/07/2018
  Geoffrey Shafran (Word - 22.0 KB)    
121 Hume Veterans' Information Centre (PDF - 168.8 KB) 4 13/07/2018
122 Name withheld * in confidence content omitted - -
123 Ian Eglinton (PDF - 208.0 KB) 2 21/07/2018
  Ian Eglinton (Word - 15.8 KB)    
124 Richard Coathup (PDF - 107.6 KB) 2 23/07/2018
  Richard Coathup (Word - 13.6 KB)    
125 Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) (PDF - 1.6 MB) 120 23/07/2018
  Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) (Word - 728.0 KB)    
126 Ronald Bucci (PDF - 94.1 KB) 1 25/07/2018
127 Department of Defence (PDF - 999.9 KB) 30 23/07/2018
128 Name Withheld * in confidence content omitted - -
129 David Harrison (PDF - 19.5 KB) 2 24/07/2018
130 John Fielding (PDF - 84.7 KB) 1 25/07/2018
  John Fielding (Word - 15.8 KB)    
131 Kim Uildriks (PDF - 189.4 KB) 7 26/07/2018
  Kim Uildriks (Word - 29.0 KB)    
132 Terence Baker * in confidence content omitted - -
133 Victims of Abuse in the Australian Defence Force Association Inc (PDF - 2.4 MB) 54 27/07/2018
Attachment: Supplementary submission (PDF - 310.6 KB) 12 14/08/2018
134 Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen and Women of Australia (TPI Federation) (PDF - 462.9 KB) 26 27/07/2018
Attachment: Submission to Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Inquiry into Suicide by Veterans and Ex-Service Personnel (PDF - 172.8 KB) 8 27/07/2018
135 Roy Jones (PDF - 413.7 KB) 1 27/07/2018
  Roy Jones (Word - 16.0 KB)    
Attachment: The Plight of DVA Disability Pensioners - The Restoration of Parity and the Misnomer of Cost (PDF - 768.1 KB) 10 27/07/2018
136 Avelon Richard Browning (PDF - 216.8 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 4 18/07/2018
137 Victims Of Abuse In The Australian Defence Force Association (PDF - 1.1 MB) 33 17/09/2018
138 Russell Miller (PDF - 292.2 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 13 19/07/2018
  Russell Miller (Word - 27.7 KB)    
139 Doctors on Demand (PDF - 215.2 KB) 4 30/07/2018
140 Max Ball (PDF - 193.7 KB) 8 30/07/2018
  Max Ball (Word - 32.6 KB)    
141 Name withheld * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments - -
142 Volunteering Australia (PDF - 228.7 KB) 6 03/08/2018
143 Campbell Watson * in confidence content omitted - -
144 Geoff Shafran (PDF - 147.4 KB) 5 09/08/2018
  Geoff Shafran (Word - 57.5 KB)    
Attachment 1: Proposed letter to be included on 137 report (PDF - 96.1 KB) 2 09/08/2018
  Attachment 1: Proposed letter to be included on 137 report (Word - 29.7 KB)    
Attachment 2: Pre-expanded, Post-expanded and Proposed S31 Powers Flow Charts (PDF - 820.1 KB) 3 09/08/2018
145 Australian Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen and Women (TPI Federation Australia) (PDF - 503.0 KB) 7 17/08/2018
146 Neil Robson (PDF - 700.5 KB) 38 13/09/2018
147 Keith Enno (PDF - 90.9 KB) 2 17/09/2018
  Keith Enno (Word - 18.3 KB)    
148 William Sim (PDF - 131.8 KB) 2 27/07/2018
Attachment: Submission for senate enquiry - Suicide by veterans and ex-service personnel (PDF - 1.8 MB) 28 27/07/2018
149 Neil Westphalen (PDF - 114.2 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 2 27/09/2018
150 Keith Enno (PDF - 480.7 KB) 5 04/10/2018
151 RSL NSW (PDF - 520.7 KB) 45 24/10/2018
152 Julie Anderson * in confidence content omitted - -
153 Brent New (PDF - 67.2 KB) 2 21/11/2018

Post-draft submissions (161)

Submissions received after the release of the draft report are listed here.
No. Name Pages Received
DR154 Neil McLean (PDF - 42.1 KB) 1 14/12/2018
  Neil McLean (Word - 23.6 KB)    
DR155 Ian Fraser (PDF - 171.5 KB) 2 14/12/2018
  Ian Fraser (Word - 28.7 KB)    
DR156 Neil MacNeill (PDF - 250.8 KB) 1 14/12/2018
  Neil MacNeill (Word - 167.2 KB)    
DR157 Victims of Abuse in the Australian Defence Force (PDF - 2.2 MB) 26 18/12/2018
DR158 Sydney McLeod (PDF - 83.6 KB) 2 18/12/2018
  Sydney McLeod (Word - 25.1 KB)    
DR159 Michael Stark (PDF - 60.5 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 1 18/12/2018
DR160 Kerry Danes (PDF - 157.9 KB) 4 22/12/2018
  Kerry Danes (Word - 34.9 KB)    
DR161 Almuth Hauptmann (PDF - 81.0 KB) 1 22/12/2018
  Almuth Hauptmann (Word - 25.4 KB)    
DR162 Stephen Ager (PDF - 116.6 KB) 2 28/12/2018
  Stephen Ager (Word - 29.0 KB)    
DR163 Gary Vincent (PDF - 99.8 KB) 1 28/12/2018
  Gary Vincent (Word - 26.6 KB)    
DR164 Dale Canning (PDF - 47.5 KB) 1 02/01/2019
  Dale Canning (Word - 24.2 KB)    
DR165 Owen Bartrop (PDF - 134.7 KB) 3 02/01/2019
  Owen Bartrop (Word - 31.3 KB)    
DR166 Peter Lehman (PDF - 99.1 KB) 3 02/01/2019
  Peter Lehman (Word - 491.4 KB)    
DR167 Gary Matthews (PDF - 166.8 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 2 02/01/2019
  Gary Matthews (Word - 29.1 KB)    
DR168 Dennis Martyn (PDF - 293.0 KB) 3 08/01/2019
  Dennis Martyn (Word - 29.1 KB)    
DR169 RSLA (Queensland Branch) Brisbane North District (PDF - 302.8 KB) 5 08/01/2019
  RSLA (Queensland Branch) Brisbane North District (Word - 34.6 KB)    
DR170 Christopher Kaleta (PDF - 79.9 KB) 2 09/01/2019
  Christopher Kaleta (Word - 44.0 KB)    
DR171 Matthew Portbury (PDF - 80.3 KB) 1 09/01/2019
DR172 Angus Campbell (PDF - 204.0 KB) 4 10/01/2019
DR173 Malcolm Whitney (PDF - 435.0 KB) 15 10/01/2019
  Malcolm Whitney (Word - 66.3 KB)    
DR174 AATTV WA Branch (PDF - 71.4 KB) 3 12/01/2019
  AATTV WA Branch (Word - 28.4 KB)    
DR175 Charles Mollison (PDF - 45.2 KB) 1 13/01/2019
  Charles Mollison (Word - 24.2 KB)    
DR176 Medhealth * in confidence content omitted - -
DR177 David Watts (PDF - 118.1 KB) 3 13/01/2019
DR178 Veterans Care Association Inc (PDF - 83.1 KB) 1 15/01/2019
  Veterans Care Association Inc (Word - 31.1 KB)    
DR179 Claude Palmer (PDF - 42.9 KB) 8 17/01/2019
  Claude Palmer (Word - 70.0 KB)    
DR180 Kerry Lampard (PDF - 44.2 KB) 1 16/01/2019
  Kerry Lampard (Word - 25.2 KB)    
DR181 Anthony Griffiths (PDF - 81.3 KB) 2 16/01/2019
  Anthony Griffiths (Word - 1.2 MB)    
DR182 Dr John Griffin (PDF - 14.0 KB) 1 19/01/2019
  Dr John Griffin (Word - 25.2 KB)    
DR183 Michael Andrews (PDF - 36.2 KB) 5 22/01/2019
  Michael Andrews (Word - 33.5 KB)    
DR184 John George (PDF - 221.4 KB) 12 21/01/2019
  John George (Word - 33.5 KB)    
DR185 Carol Hermans (PDF - 72.2 KB) 1 24/01/2019
  Carol Hermans (Word - 12.9 KB)    
DR186 Graham Newstead (PDF - 110.4 KB) 8 27/01/2019
  Graham Newstead (Word - 21.8 KB)    
DR187 Australian War Widows Qld (PDF - 352.8 KB) 4 11/02/2019
DR188 8 South Australian Branches of the Returned and Services League of Australia - Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia - Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia - RAAF Association - National Servicemen’s Association - National Malaya Borneo Veterans (PDF - 622.1 KB) 14 28/01/2019
DR189 Rod Murray (PDF - 123.5 KB) 4 26/01/2019
  Rod Murray (Word - 22.1 KB)    
DR190 Harold Hogan (PDF - 315.5 KB) 6 29/01/2019
Attachment: Supporting submission by Roger Wickham (PDF - 240.5 KB) 4 29/01/2019
DR191 Abilita Services Pty Ltd (PDF - 216.7 KB) 5 31/01/2019
DR192 Peter Sutherland (PDF - 68.9 KB) 4 08/02/2019
  Peter Sutherland (Word - 117.0 KB)    
DR193 Woden Valley RSL Sub-Branch and Veterans Support Centre (PDF - 16.1 MB) 33 08/02/2019
DR194 Peter Reece (PDF - 92.5 KB) 7 01/02/2019
  Peter Reece (Word - 27.2 KB)    
Attachment 1 (PDF - 237.8 KB) 32 01/02/2019
  Attachment 1 (Word - 70.8 KB)    
Attachment 2: Supplementary submission (PDF - 50.3 KB) 2 01/02/2019
  Attachment 2: Supplementary submission (Word - 13.5 KB)    
DR195 Bert Hoebee (PDF - 3.9 MB) 37 04/02/2019
DR196 United Nations and Overseas Policing Association of Australia (UNOPAA) (PDF - 126.5 KB) 6 09/02/2019
  United Nations and Overseas Policing Association of Australia (UNOPAA) (Word - 72.6 KB)    
DR197 William Kaine (PDF - 83.5 KB) 12 07/02/2019
  William Kaine (Word - 37.9 KB)    
DR198 Rebecca Coghlan (PDF - 185.4 KB) 10 12/02/2019
  Rebecca Coghlan (Word - 2.2 MB)    
DR199 Roger Wickham (PDF - 177.9 KB) 4 29/01/2019
  Roger Wickham (Word - 27.3 KB)    
DR200 Specialist Medical Review Council (SMRC) (PDF - 549.1 KB) 4 15/01/2019
DR201 Marcus Fielding (PDF - 107.7 KB) 1 30/01/2019
DR202 Aaron Malcolm Gray (PDF - 370.7 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 5 31/01/2019
DR203 Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation (PDF - 2.5 MB) 136 31/01/2019
  Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation (Word - 3.0 MB)    
DR204 Peter Rewko (PDF - 44.7 KB) 1 31/01/2019
  Peter Rewko (Word - 12.4 KB)    
DR205 Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL Tasmanian Branch) (PDF - 72.0 KB) 2 11/02/2019
  Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL Tasmanian Branch) (Word - 762.5 KB)    
Attachment 1: Observations and comments by Bill Kaine (PDF - 138.5 KB) 2 11/02/2019
  Attachment 1: Observations and comments by Bill Kaine (Word - 40.6 KB)    
Attachment 2: Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia initial comments (PDF - 130.5 KB) 14 11/02/2019
  Attachment 2: Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia initial comments (Word - 28.5 KB)    
Attachment 3: Wynyard Sub Branch's comments (PDF - 65.4 KB) 2 11/02/2019
  Attachment 3: Wynyard Sub Branch's comments (Word - 16.0 KB)    
DR206 The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health (Orygen) (PDF - 351.5 KB) 5 01/02/2019
Attachment: The Next Post - Young people transitioning from military service and their mental health (PDF - 1.3 MB) 43 01/02/2019
DR207 John Duncan (PDF - 33.7 KB) 1 01/02/2019
DR208 National Mental Health Commission (NMHC) (PDF - 518.6 KB) 2 11/02/2019
DR209 Repatriation Medical Authority (PDF - 573.1 KB) 8 24/04/2019
DR210 Rob Atkinson (PDF - 23.7 KB) 2 04/02/2019
DR211 Warren Rhone (PDF - 14.2 KB) 2 05/02/2019
  Warren Rhone (Word - 27.0 KB)    
DR212 David Kelly and David Jamison (PDF - 135.7 KB) 5 06/02/2019
  David Kelly and David Jamison (Word - 23.1 KB)    
DR213 Larry Foster (PDF - 47.6 KB) 1 07/02/2019
  Larry Foster (Word - 12.4 KB)    
DR214 Jack Fordyce (PDF - 112.6 KB) 2 01/02/2019
Attachment 1: Department of Housing correspondance (1967) (PDF - 301.0 KB) 2 01/02/2019
Attachment 2: Jack Fordyce Record of Service (PDF - 184.9 KB) 2 01/02/2019
DR215 Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia (VVFA) (PDF - 320.1 KB) 45 07/02/2019
  Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia (VVFA) (Word - 411.5 KB)    
Attachment: Addendum to submission (PDF - 77.7 KB) 3 07/02/2019
  Attachment: Addendum to submission (Word - 35.5 KB)    
DR216 Ben Walker (PDF - 48.3 KB) 4 07/02/2019
DR217 Name withheld (PDF - 201.7 KB) 36 25/01/2019
  Name withheld (Word - 63.8 KB)    
DR218 Paul Evans (PDF - 149.5 KB) 7 07/02/2019
  Paul Evans (Word - 35.3 KB)    
DR219 Advanced Personnel Management (APM) (PDF - 117.8 KB) 5 07/02/2019
  Advanced Personnel Management (APM) (Word - 103.3 KB)    
DR220 Legacy Australia Incorporated (PDF - 247.4 KB) 20 08/02/2019
DR221 Kathleen Moore (PDF - 115.0 KB) 9 08/02/2019
DR222 Peter Siminski (PDF - 40.2 KB) 4 08/02/2019
  Peter Siminski (Word - 156.0 KB)    
DR223 David Petersen (PDF - 180.9 KB) 4 08/02/2019
DR224 Neil Kirkwood (PDF - 17.5 KB) 1 08/02/2019
DR225 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) (PDF - 222.1 KB) 8 08/02/2019
DR226 Australian War Memorial * in confidence content omitted - -
DR227 Roy Jones (PDF - 586.4 KB) 7 08/02/2019
DR228 Timothy Chesterfield (PDF - 52.0 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 2 09/02/2019
  Timothy Chesterfield (Word - 13.9 KB)    
DR229 Vietnam Veterans and Veterans Federation of Australia (PDF - 848.8 KB) 15 09/02/2019
DR230 Anthony Ablong (PDF - 79.3 KB) 2 09/02/2019
  Anthony Ablong (Word - 13.3 KB)    
DR231 Veterans Advice and Social Centre - Hervey Bay (PDF - 797.8 KB) 7 10/02/2019
DR232 Veterans of Australia Association (VOA) (PDF - 272.2 KB) 11 10/02/2019
DR233 John Beezley (PDF - 8.5 KB) 1 10/02/2019
  John Beezley (Word - 12.0 KB)    
DR234 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (PDF - 604.2 KB) 33 06/02/2019
Attachment 1: Australian and New Zealand Consensus Statement on the Health Benefits of Work (PDF - 662.8 KB) 42 06/02/2019
Attachment 2: National Vocational Rehabilitation Policy (PDF - 308.7 KB) 3 06/02/2019
DR235 Kerri-Ann Welch (PDF - 93.7 KB) 7 06/02/2019
  Kerri-Ann Welch (Word - 41.6 KB)    
DR236 Richard Menhinick (PDF - 390.7 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 8 10/02/2019
DR237 Work Rehab (PDF - 192.3 KB) 8 10/02/2019
DR238 Rory Patterson (PDF - 77.3 KB) 1 11/02/2019
  Rory Patterson (Word - 14.4 KB)    
DR239 Alan James Hampson (PDF - 67.7 KB) 6 11/02/2019
  Alan James Hampson (Word - 22.5 KB)    
DR240 Ray Kemp (PDF - 53.7 KB) 6 11/02/2019
  Ray Kemp (Word - 21.4 KB)    
DR241 Rick Greenhalgh (PDF - 66.8 KB) 1 11/02/2019
  Rick Greenhalgh (Word - 11.9 KB)    
DR242 Paula Dabovich (PDF - 148.0 KB) 6 11/02/2019
  Paula Dabovich (Word - 33.8 KB)    
DR243 Phillip Burton (PDF - 84.9 KB) 21 11/02/2019
  Phillip Burton (Word - 95.2 KB)    
Attachment: Supplementary submission (PDF - 102.3 KB) 5 25/02/2019
  Attachment: Supplementary submission (Word - 30.0 KB)    
DR244 Angela Rainbow (PDF - 195.6 KB) 9 11/02/2019
  Angela Rainbow (Word - 35.3 KB)    
Attachment: Analysis of DVA Allied Health Reform Package (PDF - 109.5 KB) 2 11/02/2019
  Attachment: Analysis of DVA Allied Health Reform Package (Word - 18.1 KB)    
DR245 Soldier On (PDF - 137.6 KB) 6 11/02/2019
DR246 Neville Browne (PDF - 44.1 KB) 2 11/02/2019
  Neville Browne (Word - 18.0 KB)    
DR247 Alliance of Defence Service Organisations (ADSO) (PDF - 699.7 KB) 52 11/02/2019
DR248 Name withheld (PDF - 11.3 KB) 1 10/02/2019
  Name withheld (Word - 12.4 KB)    
DR249 Australian Rehabilitation Providers Association (ARPA) (PDF - 258.4 KB) 7 11/02/2019
Attachment 1: Occupational Rehabilitation Financial Benefits Report (PDF - 393.1 KB) 11 11/02/2019
Attachment 2: Workplace Rehabilitiation Providers (PDF - 123.3 KB) 2 11/02/2019
DR250 Totally and Permanently Disable Ex Servicepersons Association (Townsville Branch) (PDF - 15.0 KB) 2 15/02/2019
  Totally and Permanently Disable Ex Servicepersons Association (Townsville Branch) (Word - 15.1 KB)    
DR251 Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia) (PDF - 134.7 KB) 5 11/02/2019
  Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia) (Word - 51.7 KB)    
DR252 Wayne Craft (PDF - 99.2 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 4 11/02/2019
  Wayne Craft (Word - 17.4 KB)    
DR253 John Caligari (PDF - 481.6 KB) 1 11/02/2019
DR254 Naomi Ager (PDF - 146.0 KB) 3 11/02/2019
DR255 Name withheld (PDF - 320.4 KB) 48 11/02/2019
  Name withheld (Word - 143.6 KB)    
DR256 Returned and Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) (RSL Queensland) (PDF - 792.2 KB) 37 26/02/2019
DR257 Renee Wilson (PDF - 87.5 KB) 3 12/02/2019
  Renee Wilson (Word - 19.9 KB)    
DR258 Administrative Appeals Tribunal (PDF - 3.1 MB) 11 13/02/2019
DR259 Susanne Tongue (PDF - 172.6 KB) 11 13/02/2019
DR260 Tony Piccolo (PDF - 1.4 MB) 5 14/02/2019
DR261 Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) (PDF - 227.5 KB) 10 18/02/2019
  Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) (Word - 2.4 MB)    
DR262 Bob Bak (PDF - 658.6 KB) * in confidence content omitted; # offline attachments 41 11/02/2019
Attachment 1: Transitional Management of our Defence Force Personnel (PDF - 22.8 KB) 1 11/03/2019
  Attachment 1: Transitional Management of our Defence Force Personnel (Word - 149.6 KB)    
Attachment 2: Gold Card and cost of private health insurance (PDF - 28.4 KB) 2 11/03/2019
  Attachment 2: Gold Card and cost of private health insurance (Word - 154.1 KB)    
DR263 Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales (Legal Aid NSW) (PDF - 598.4 KB) 13 15/02/2019
DR264 Carers NSW (PDF - 168.6 KB) 2 18/02/2019
DR265 Victims of Abuse in the Australia Defence Force Association (PDF - 3.3 MB) 37 18/02/2019
DR266 Veterans' Advisory Council South Australia (PDF - 200.6 KB) 12 19/02/2019
  Veterans' Advisory Council South Australia (Word - 33.3 KB)    
DR267 Air Force Association (PDF - 342.7 KB) 17 19/02/2019
DR268 Alan Ashmore (PDF - 14.0 KB) 1 27/02/2019
  Alan Ashmore (Word - 41.5 KB)    
DR269 Rod Murray (PDF - 104.8 KB) 2 24/02/2019
  Rod Murray (Word - 15.3 KB)    
DR270 Australian Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Veterans' Association (APPVA) (PDF - 1.5 MB) 115 01/03/2019
DR271 Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (PDF - 121.6 KB) 10 26/02/2019
  Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia (Word - 31.3 KB)    
DR272 Legacy Club of Brisbane (PDF - 565.9 KB) 5 28/02/2019
DR273 Returned and Services League (RSL) of Australia Victorian Branch (PDF - 631.8 KB) 18 26/02/2019
DR274 Barbara Wheatley and Eric Wheatley (PDF - 295.0 KB) 25 26/02/2019
  Barbara Wheatley and Eric Wheatley (Word - 72.1 KB)    
DR275 Brian McKenzie (PDF - 204.0 KB) 11 18/02/2019
DR276 Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans’ Mental Health (PDF - 68.4 KB) 8 28/02/2019
  Prime Ministerial Advisory Council on Veterans’ Mental Health (Word - 2.7 MB)    
DR277 Veterans’ Review Board (VRB) (PDF - 458.8 KB) 6 01/03/2019
DR278 War Widows’ Guild of Australia (PDF - 306.0 KB) 32 21/02/2019
  War Widows’ Guild of Australia (Word - 72.9 KB)    
DR279 Defence Force Welfare Association WA Branch (PDF - 107.7 KB) 4 27/02/2019
  Defence Force Welfare Association WA Branch (Word - 23.3 KB)    
DR280 Partners of Veterans Association of Australia (PDF - 787.8 KB) 6 04/03/2019
DR281 John George (PDF - 144.9 KB) 6 26/02/2019
  John George (Word - 22.7 KB)    
DR282 Robert Fry (PDF - 200.3 KB) 6 01/03/2019
  Robert Fry (Word - 45.9 KB)    
DR283 Peter Alkemade (PDF - 105.8 KB) 2 08/03/2019
  Peter Alkemade (Word - 14.3 KB)    
DR284 Community and Public Sector Union (PDF - 109.5 KB) 2 28/02/2019
DR285 Bill Kearney (PDF - 48.7 KB) 1 25/02/2019
  Bill Kearney (Word - 13.4 KB)    
DR286 Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (PDF - 802.7 KB) 3 28/02/2019
DR287 Central Queensland TPI Association (PDF - 109.5 KB) 9 25/02/2019
  Central Queensland TPI Association (Word - 35.8 KB)    
DR288 Disabled Veterans of Australia Network (PDF - 115.2 KB) 17 27/02/2019
  Disabled Veterans of Australia Network (Word - 28.4 KB)    
Attachment 1: Supplement to Commissions DVA Inquiry (PDF - 135.8 KB) 7 27/02/2019
  Attachment 1: Supplement to Commissions DVA Inquiry (Word - 18.2 KB)    
Attachment 2: Reference and source material pertinent to Submission and its Supplement (PDF - 73.1 KB) 2 27/02/2019
  Attachment 2: Reference and source material pertinent to Submission and its Supplement (Word - 14.2 KB)    
DR289 Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA) (PDF - 289.1 KB) 4 11/02/2019
DR290 Federation of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen and Women (PDF - 1.9 MB) 44 27/02/2019
DR291 Josephine Couper (PDF - 16.7 KB) 1 15/03/2019
  Josephine Couper (Word - 13.9 KB)    
DR292 Christopher Campbell (PDF - 85.0 KB) 2 18/03/2019
  Christopher Campbell (Word - 22.1 KB)    
DR293 Richard Salcole (PDF - 148.4 KB) 4 12/02/2019
  Richard Salcole (Word - 15.9 KB)    
DR294 Ole Martinson (PDF - 79.7 KB) 1 07/03/2019
  Ole Martinson (Word - 13.6 KB)    
DR295 Fiona Brandis (PDF - 117.7 KB) 2 11/03/2019
  Fiona Brandis (Word - 17.7 KB)    
DR296 Australian National Veterans Arts Museum (ANVAM) (PDF - 979.1 KB) 10 12/03/2019
DR297 Edward Saul (PDF - 96.2 KB) 1 05/03/2019
  Edward Saul (Word - 13.3 KB)    
DR298 Australian Commando Association (ACA) (PDF - 112.3 KB) 10 15/03/2019
  Australian Commando Association (ACA) (Word - 52.1 KB)    
DR299 Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA) (PDF - 1.1 MB) 55 13/03/2019
DR300 Air Force Association (AFA) (PDF - 278.9 KB) 9 14/03/2019
DR301 Liberal National Party of Queensland (Warwick Branch) (PDF - 122.9 KB) 2 07/03/2019
DR302 Kenneth J O'Brien (PDF - 177.9 KB) 10 21/03/2019
  Kenneth J O'Brien (Word - 29.4 KB)    
DR303 Brad Bauer (PDF - 9.0 MB) 11 28/03/2019
DR304 Michael Kelly (PDF - 44.3 KB) 1 21/03/2019
  Michael Kelly (Word - 12.8 KB)    
Attachment: Permanent impairment claim receipt letter (PDF - 99.4 KB) 2 21/03/2019
DR305 Ken Chapman (PDF - 28.8 KB) 4 28/03/2019
DR306 Angela Rainbow (PDF - 103.8 KB) 5 26/03/2019
  Angela Rainbow (Word - 24.2 KB)    
Attachment 1: Australian Medical Association (AMA) input into Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Review of Dental and Allied Health Arrangements (PDF - 157.1 KB) 2 26/03/2019
Attachment 2: Department of Veterans’ Affairs Review of DVA dental and allied health arrangements Background paper (PDF - 837.9 KB) 7 26/03/2019
Attachment 3: Analysis of DVA Allied Health Reform Package (PDF - 333.9 KB) 3 26/03/2019
DR307 Deborah Morris (PDF - 338.3 KB) 30 02/04/2019
DR308 Peter Bysouth (PDF - 164.5 KB) 2 12/04/2019
  Peter Bysouth (Word - 25.1 KB)    
Attachment 1: Response letter from the Minister for Veterans' Affairs (PDF - 101.3 KB) 1 12/04/2019
Attachment 2: Attachment 1 to Decoration Allowance PAB dated 6 Feb 2014 (PDF - 195.9 KB) 1 12/04/2019
DR309 Alliance of Defence Service Organisations (ADSO) (PDF - 952.1 KB) 23 03/05/2019
DR310 Association of Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Service Men and Women (South Australia) (PDF - 4.9 MB) 16 20/02/2019
DR311 Lisha Taylor (PDF - 222.3 KB) 5 18/02/2019
DR312 D Green (PDF - 170.4 KB) 3 05/02/2019
DR313 Graham Zalewska-Moon (PDF - 83.1 KB) 7 11/02/2019
  Graham Zalewska-Moon (Word - 29.7 KB)    
DR314 Defence Force Welfare Association (DFWA) (PDF - 623.4 KB) 4 02/09/2019
Attachment: DFWA’s Summary of Responses to the Commission’s Recommendations (Final report) (PDF - 595.7 KB) 16 02/09/2019

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