I thank the member for Spence for his question. Of course, I acknowledge his service in our Australian Defence Force and his work as the co-chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Veterans as well. I would like to acknowledge Wounded Heroes, who are here in the parliament today and who we have a function with a bit later today.

The Albanese Labor government has a proven record of investing in and driving an ambitious reform agenda to benefit and support our veteran community and their families. Not only are we better funding veterans support but we've made once-in-a-century reforms to simplify the veteran entitlement system and improve the integrity of the system, and we've put the wellbeing of veterans and families at the centre of what we're doing. From 1 July this year, we made the most significant reform to Australia's veteran support system in a generation. We've simplified the compensation system to make it easier for veterans and families to know what they're entitled to and to make it quicker for DVA to process their claims.

We've also opened the new Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency. This was recommended by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, and it strengthens how veterans are connected to wellbeing supports and improves how they can navigate the veteran support system. It's had strong early engagement from the veteran community, especially those who are navigating transition from defence into civilian life. The agency is also working alongside our Veterans' and Families' Hubs network. Last week I got to join the member for Brand in opening the new Goldsworthy Veterans and Families Centre in Rockingham, supporting their 8,000-strong veteran community and, of course, Australia's biggest naval base in HMAS Stirling. And we're working to make sure that women veterans' service is better recognised, understood and reflected through policy and supports during and post service with the launch of our Women Veterans Strategy. We're embedding women's health, transition and economic security into the core of policy, not just treating it as an add-on.

Our government has a deep respect for our veterans, who have served and continue to serve our country, and that's why we are delivering real change for them and their families. Those who serve in our Australian Defence Force and their families should be confident that they'll be well supported by their leaders, their mates and the broader defence community both during and after their time in service. Australia's personnel should be safe in the knowledge that, whatever may happen to them in service, they and their families will be looked after and acknowledged by a grateful nation.