Department of Veterans' Affairs About
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is a department of the Australian Government. The DVA provide support, services and information for:
- Veterans and their dependents
Graduate Opportunities
- War widow/ers
Program comprised of three work placements. Students
- Members of the Australian Federal Police and
finance, law and policy are particularly sought after.
- Serving and former serving ADF members - Australian British Nuclear Tests participants - Students, teachers and historians
The DVA offer an 11-month Graduate Development with degrees in accountancy, commerce, business,
Graduates will have the opportunity to work in several
What kind of work?
business areas, including:
information:
- Commemorations and War Graves Division
- Health care
- Health and Community Services Division
- Mental health care
- Transformation Division
- Commemoration and recognition
- Veterans and Veterans Families
- Help with housing
Counselling Service
The DVA provide the following support, services and
- Secretary’s Office
- Financial support
- Rehabilitation and Support Division
- Rehabilitation
- Corporate Division
- Help returning to civilian life
- Legal Services, Assurance and Deregulation Branch
- Home care assistance
- Historical information
Location Sydney
The Graduate Development Program leads to an offer of permanent work with the DVA.
More information can be found here: https://www.dva.gov.au
Fun Fact / Recent Project Veterans
DVA's clients are diverse, ranging from young children,
contemporary veterans of operations in places like
Afghanistan, and, previously, war widows of First World War servicemen. Darryl Kelly OAM is one such client of the
DVA. He worked in the Australian Army for 39 years, and
was eventually offered the rank of a Major. In 2016, Kelly took 76 Legacy Youth to the battlefields of Belgium and France to learn about WWI battles.
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