Thank you.
I'll start. I'd like to then invite Kate Pope to talk about the transition work she's doing and Lisa Foreman to talk about our Prime Minister's employment program, which is supporting our transition.
Certainly those numbers do resonate with us. We have about 5,500 who separate from our Australian Defence Force each year, and about 20% of those are separating for either medical or administrative reasons.
We have been undertaking interviews with veterans and their families over the last 12 months. We have established a transition task force to help better inform what we need to do to assist with transition. What we are finding is that those who are not leaving voluntarily find it extremely challenging and difficult to make that step from their service life into civilian life.
We're putting in place a number of initiatives to support them during transition. We're working closely with the defence department and the Australian Defence Force in looking at how we can ensure continuity of care for those who are separating for medical reasons. Our Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service has some programs to support the veterans and their families to make that step and to understand what their experience might be post-transition. As I mentioned, Lisa Foreman and her team are leading a program for employment, which was launched by our Prime Minister last year.
That's just by way of introduction. Maybe I can open it up. Do you want a little more detail on the employment program, or counselling, or on the transition task force? Then I can coordinate the answer.