Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Reynolds for her question. Honourable senators will be acutely aware that the face of the DVA is changing. We have had 71,000 men and women who have served this nation since 1999, which is more than who served in the whole of the Vietnam War, and their needs are different. We have therefore introduced a new dedicated website and Facebook page for the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service, which will provide an additional pathway for members of the veteran community and their families to connect to this important service. A new YouTube video, launched on 2 July, titled Start the Journey back to Good Health highlights the help available to veterans from my department and, in particular, the arrangements where DVA will pay for treatment for diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression for veterans and some personnel with peacetime service. We have also developed a new training program— (Time expired)