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Veterans—€™ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) 2023

✦ Plain-English Summary

# Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) 2023 ## What it does This bill makes five separate updates to laws that govern veterans' benefits and compensation. The changes include requiring the Repatriation Medical Authority to publish yearly reports on what it's doing, fixing some outdated legal references, adjusting how much veterans are reimbursed for travel costs to medical appointments, and making minor updates to how compensation claims are processed. ## Why it matters These are mostly housekeeping fixes that help the veterans' system run more smoothly and transparently. The annual reporting requirement means veterans and the public can see what decisions the Repatriation Medical Authority is making each year. ## Key details - **Repatriation Medical Authority reporting**: Must now produce an annual report each financial year showing its activities (this applies from the end of the first full financial year after the law passes) - **Travel cost reimbursement**: The bill updates how much veterans get paid back for travelling to treatment, though the specific new rates aren't detailed in this excerpt - **Commencement**: The entire bill takes effect the day after it receives Royal Assent (the Governor-General's formal approval)

Official Description

Amends the: Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to: provide annual reporting requirements for the Repatriation Medical Authority; and amend certain incorrect references; Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 to: replace references to ‘refuse to deal with the claim’ with ‘defer further investigation of the claim’ to better reflect actual practice; and provide for the alignment of rates of compensation for journey costs relating to treatment with the Comcare Scheme; and Defence Service Homes Act 1918 in relation to the operation of, and conditions to vary, revoke and replace, the Statement of Conditions for the Defence Service Homes Insurance Scheme.

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Audit History

Introduced

22 Mar 2023

Last updated on APH

10 Apr 2026

Outcome date

28 June 2023

Last checked by Crossbench

yesterday

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yesterday

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