Veterans Affairs committee  Veterans have access to three sources of income from the government if they're injured. The first is for permanent impairment, which you can take either as a lump sum or as a fortnightly payment, if you elect to do so. Second, you also get access to your military superannuati

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's on the condition of the individual. They are not income and asset tested at all. They're universal.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, some of them do. We have arrangements in place with a number of other countries so the veterans can continue to access rehabilitation and pharmaceuticals. Other arrangements depend on the relationship with the country they go to.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's essentially based on whether or not you've been injured. What I was talking about before is non-liability health care. You only need to have served one day to be able to access mental health support. For what we call our “gold card”, you need to have had an illness or an inj

Veterans Affairs committee  We're under a lot of pressure to give more people gold cards.

Veterans Affairs committee  You have to have been a member of the Australian Defence Force to qualify. We call that non-liability health care. You need to have been a member of the Australian Defence Force under the legislation to qualify for that.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'll take 15 seconds. We've just had a royal commission into abuse of children by institutions. Defence was one of those institutions. We have changed our rules for how members who have suffered abuse claim compensation. I'll leave it at that. That's what we've done. At one end,

Veterans Affairs committee  The other thing I would add is about the way that they're discharged. Have they gone voluntarily? Those who leave voluntarily, who choose to discharge, seem to be in a much better state of mind and state of health compared to those who are discharged medically. They often fight i

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm Lisa Foreman, first assistant secretary of the rehabilitation and support division.