There certainly is dialogue, not generally at the government level but at the bureaucratic level within government. I know that when I was in government, I had many delegations from other governments around the world visiting my office to talk about programs and services in Australia.
As I read them, the veterans services or veterans programs available here for veterans are very similar to the programs and services available to the veterans in Australia. They're packaged differently, but they're similar to services around the world.
I think there is more of an acceptance to look at models from outside your own borders and your own country. It's the same for many countries. The federal government in Australia isn't necessarily interested in what the west Australian provincial government is doing in terms of falls prevention because the federal government has a better falls prevention program. But our falls prevention program federally is modelled very much similar to the Canadian falls prevention program.
So there is a transference of knowledge and information across countries, but it's probably not enough. There aren't enough avenues or venues for governments to really talk and dialogue about good practices that are happening in other countries for veterans.