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Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans' Affairs

Portfolio: Veterans' Affairs (part of the Defence Portfolio)

http://www.dva.gov.au

Annual Budget

$14.8B

2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Total Revenue

$1.6B

2024-25 Total Revenue
Staff

2,500

Headcount (2024-25)
People this department serves
All cohorts & journeys

The citizen cohorts and life-event journeys that touch this department, drawn from the department_links mapping in the citizen-voice-journeys corpus.

Ideas relevant to this department

13 tagged

Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.

STRATEGY SUMMARY

The objective of the Defence and Veteran Family Wellbeing Strategy (this Strategy) is to guide the support provided to Defence and veteran families by the Department of Defence (Defence) and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) over the next 5 years.

VISION

Defence and veteran families thrive during and after Defence service.

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.8

PURPOSE

The objective of the Defence and Veteran Family Wellbeing Strategy (this Strategy) is to guide the support provided to Defence and veteran families by the Department of Defence (Defence) and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) over the next 5 years.

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.8

Strategic priorities

· 3

1

Informed and engaged

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.24
2

Supported and secure

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.26
3

Recognised and understood

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.28

Outcomes

· 1

Outcome 1: Defence and veteran families thrive

Defence and veteran families thrive during and after Defence service.

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Information access
  • Supports and makes informed decisions

Values

· 3

Recognise the diversity of Defence and veteran families.

Help Defence and veteran families make informed decisions about their wellbeing.

Ensure we are aware of emerging needs, by engaging directly and proactively.

Performance measures

· 4

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

FAMI01

Support for Defence and veteran families

100% of families receive tailored support

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.41

95% of families received tailored support

Mostly achieved

FAMI02

Education and childcare access

100% of Defence children have access to education

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.41

90% of Defence children have access to education

Partially achieved

FAMI03

Locational certainty

90% of Defence families have locational certainty

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.42

85% of Defence families have locational certainty

Partially achieved

FAMI04

Mental health support

100% of families have access to mental health services

Corporate Plan 2025 · p.42

95% of families have access to mental health services

Mostly achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

veteran-transition-action-plan.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

veteran-transition-action-plan.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

wellbeing-agency-consultation-and-co-design-outcomes)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

wellbeing-agency-consultation-and-co-design-outcomes)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

def-vet-family-wellbeing-strategy-2025-30_1.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

def-vet-family-wellbeing-strategy-2025-30_1.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

gurru-ngali-aboriginal-tsi-employment-strategy2020-2024.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

gurru-ngali-aboriginal-tsi-employment-strategy2020-2024.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

veteran-transition-action-plan.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

veteran-transition-action-plan.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

word-anzac-regulator-framework-report-2023-24.pdf)

Citizen Participation

Consultation feedback summaries with response tracking

Summarise consultation submissions by theme and publish what changed in response.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

wellbeing-agency-consultation-and-co-design-outcomes)

Citizen Participation

Always-on policy participation platform

Create a standing participation platform where citizens and stakeholders can propose, vote, and track ideas.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

wellbeing-agency-consultation-and-co-design-outcomes)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

def-vet-family-wellbeing-strategy-2025-30_1.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

def-vet-family-wellbeing-strategy-2025-30_1.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

gurru-ngali-aboriginal-tsi-employment-strategy2020-2024.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

gurru-ngali-aboriginal-tsi-employment-strategy2020-2024.pdf)

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