House debates

Thursday, 1 June 2023

Questions without Notice

Veterans

2:52 pm

Photo of Matt KeoghMatt Keogh (Burt, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

in the places that we see the greatest concentration of those veterans. We're going to see the Mates4Mates Veteran & Family Wellbeing Centre offering supports in transition, in employment, in education and training, in advocacy services, in mental health and physical health. It will also provide a place for people to come together, share a brew, have a barbecue, connections and provide peer support to each other as veterans in the community, and that is critically important. In addition, this hub joins our Veterans' and Families' Hub network, which we have funded to see the hubs learn from each other about what's working and what's not working so that we can take the best of these hubs as we roll them out across the country with the further hubs that we will be establishing in the areas of highest need across Australia, which is an excellent contribution.

But, of course, this hub doesn't just stand on its own. This hub joins a suite of services that are being made available, including our contribution to fund the Scott Palmer Services Centre in Darwin—

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