Veterans' support legislation
Productivity Commission submission
16 August 2024
The Commission made a submission to the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee inquiry into the Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Bill 2024 (the VETS Bill).
The VETS Bill reflects findings and recommendations made by the Commission in its 2019 inquiry A Better Way to Support Veterans.
The Commission supports the VETS Bill and acknowledges the work of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) in simplifying the legislative arrangements.
The Commission does believe that there are opportunities to strengthen the Bill through:
- further simplification of the system
- increasing its focus on veterans’ lifetime wellbeing.
The Commission provided the submission to the Committee on 15 August 2024 and it was published on the Commission’s website on 16 August 2024.
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