Veterans' Affairs
Commemorative activities - increase funding
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 3.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
The Government will provide additional funding of $7.8 million over four years for commemorative activities. This funding includes $6.8 million for the maintenance of Australia's overseas war memorials and the construction of new overseas memorials by the Office of Australian War Graves. A further $1 million is for the commemorative mission associated with the dedication of the Australian Memorial in London, which honours those Australians who served and died alongside Britons in both World Wars.
Community Care Grants Programme - maintain funding
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
The Government will provide funding of $6.2 million over four years to continue the Community Care Grants Programme. This programme improves the independence and quality of life of veterans, war widows and war widowers living in the community by providing grants to community organisations to increase access to community care services and residential and community-based respite care. The programme also targets preventative health measures.
This measure ensures that veterans will continue to be provided with opportunities for community aged care and greater social, home and community support.
Enhanced compliance programme
| 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 0.9 | -1.3 | -4.9 | -7.1 |
The Government will provide funding of $4.7 million over four years to introduce an enhanced compliance programme to review the circumstances of income support pensioners in the Veterans' Affairs portfolio who have not recently been reviewed. The programme is aimed at updating client details to ensure that these clients are receiving the correct level of benefit. The reviews are anticipated to result in changes to the payments of a significant number of pensioners, both upwards and downwards.
The measure is expected to result in savings commencing in 2004-05 of $17.2 million over three years.