RSL (Queensland Branch) run two RSL Forums every year which provides an open venue for Pension, Advocacy and Welfare (PAWS) delegates and staff to raise and discuss issues in the veteran community with DVA staff and other Government agencies.
The Forums are a useful means of learning, mentoring, networking and provides an opportunity for delegates to openly discuss veteran issues at a grassroots level.
The Forums have been conducted over the past five years and have proved to be a valuable source of information to PAWS Practitioners. The next PAWS Forum is set to take place in November in Brisbane.
The PAWS Forum is conducted over two and a half days and RSL (Queensland Branch) Districts are invited to nominate representatives to attend.
RSL State Branch Pensions, Advocacy and Welfare Service have advocates throughout Queensland who are:
- Highly experienced in lodging claims under the Veterans Entitlements Act (VEA), the
- Safety, Rehabilitation & Compensation Act (SRCA) and the
- Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (MRCA);
- Caring and qualified to practise in their areas of expertise;
- Able to draw on a wealth of operational and broad-based peacetime experience; and
- Having served overseas and in the ADF for many years.
RSL (Queensland Branch) Pensions and Advocacy Services cover disability pensions, compensation payments, associated allowances, income support payments and treatment available to entitled veterans and former serving members of the Defence Forces and their dependants.