Vetaffairs / Department of Veterans' Affairs, [1984]-

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(November 1985)
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Vetaffairs  

Monthly Houma!  

AJovewibec 1985  

The quilt  

makers  

also care  

• Pictured above is Palliative Care Unit patient Mr Leo Draper with Dr Shaw  

displaying one of the donated quilts. Photo courtesy Sunday Times, Perth.  

The Western Australian Quilters'  

Association has presented 12  

quilts to the inpatients of the  

Palliative Care Unit at RGH  

Hollywood, Perth.  

The association is made up of  

several sub-groups and each  

group made and donated quilt.  

The theme colour is dark blue but  

each quilt is of different design  

and has the name of the sub-  

group embroidered on the back.  

Dr Rosalie Shaw, Co-ordinator of  

the Palliative Care Unit, says the  

gift of quilts was made possible  

by the initiative of the Down to  

Earth Club.  

Club members held mini fetes to  

raise money for the material from  

which the quilts were made.  

Joint ventures scheme  

new aid for Veterans  

The Department has set up Joint Ventures Scheme to assist ex-  

service community groups to provide new opportunities for its elderly  

members.  

The Minister for Veterans'  

Affairs, Senator Arthur Gietzelt,  

said this when announcing his  

approval of the scheme.  

Ms Jan Hodges, of the  

Department's S.A. Branch, has  

been appointed national co-  

ordinator of the scheme.  

Jan Hodges .. co-ordinator  

Senator Gietzelt said that the  

Department was now developing  

policy guidelines so that ex-  

service organisations could make  

proposals for grants under the  

scheme.  

"With $500,000 available for  

the first year of the scheme, we  

expect to have our first joint  

ventures under way in all States  

and Territories by the end of the  

1985-86 financial year", he said.  

Ms Hodges will visit each State  

and Territory to promote and  

explain the Joint Venture  

Scheme.  

She said that the aim of the  

scheme was to encourage  

Veterans' organisations, including  

• Continued on P.  

Two centenarian  

Veterans still  

enjoy life P.  

• Veterans' Bill before Parliament  

LEGISLATION IS SEEN AS  

IMPORTANT LANDMARK  

The Veterans' Entitlements Bill (VEB) now before Federal  

Parliament is the most significant legislation presented  

since the Repatriation system began 67 years ago.  

The Minister for Vetrans' Af-  

fairs, Senator Arthur Gietzelt, said  

this after the Bill was introduced  

in the Elouse of Representatives  

on 16 October.  

The legislation simplifies and  

consolidates the complex series  

of Repatriation Acts and Regu-  

lations which have covered Vet-  

erans' benefits since 1920.  

The second reading debate on  

the bill was due to begin in the  

Elouse of Representatives on 12  

November and when completed,  

the legislation would then go to  

the Senate later in the month.  

After Royal Assent it is ex-  

pected the legislation will be-  

come law early in December.  

"The VEB follows the most ex-  

tensive consultations with the  

Veteran community ever under-  

taken in review of Repatriation  

legislation," Senator Gietzelt said.  

"As result, it will not only  

consolidate and simplify Repatria-  

tion legislation by replacing more  

than 90 pieces of existing law, but  

also provide better deal for Vet-  

erans and their dependants by  

extending pension and medical  

entitlements," he said.  

"I want to make it clear that no-  

one will lose current pension or  

benefit in the changeover to the  

new legislation. In fact, under the  

important changes announced  

on 12 October 1985, Repatriation  

cover will be extended to certain  

Defence personnel who served in  

Vietnam during the conflict and  

who had previously been denied  

coverage. Veterans in the crew of  

HMAS Sydney and its support  

ships are included in this group."  

Senator Gietzelt said that the  

VEB as it now stands is the result  

of extensive consultation with the  

ex-service community following  

recommendations of the Advisory  

Committee on Repatriation Legis-  

lation Review which reported on  

29 November 1983.  

"The Committee was chaired  

by Sir William Keys, National  

President of the RSL. Most of the  

recommendations made by the  

Committee are taken up in the Bill  

which was first tabled in the Par-  

liament on 30 May," Senator  

Gietzelt said.  

• 90 seminars are held  

"Since then the Government  

has made every effort to involve  

as many Veterans as possible in  

the comprehensive consultation  

process necessary to bring about  

this major legislative reform."  

Senator Gietzelt said that liter-  

ature on the Bill had been widely  

circulated and the Department of  

Veterans' Affairs had conducted  

more than 90 VEB seminars which  

attracted 10,000 interested  

people around Australia.  

"I am pleased to say that large  

number of submissions were re-  

• Continued on P.  

• Pictured above are Senator Arthur Gietzelt and Sir William Keys (right), who  

were prominent in drafting provisions of the Veterans' Entitlements Bill.  

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