The Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) is alarmed that the Government’s landmark legal action against 3M, brought to recover the cost of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination at 28 Defence bases across Australia, turns its back on the very veterans who handled these chemicals. The land is being defended. The firefighters who were exposed to it are not.

The Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) is actively engaging with the Government and the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) for more information on the $5,000 annual cap on allied health services announced in the 2026–27 Budget, to make sure that no veteran is left behind.

The Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) has welcomed the Federal Government’s long-overdue investment in veteran healthcare in the 2026-27 Budget, while warning that significant savings measures announced alongside the package risk undermining the overall benefit to veterans and their families.

The RSL is calling on the Federal Government to urgently address the growing disparity in veterans’ specialist healthcare payments in the 2026–27 Federal Budget, warning that outdated Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) fee settings are causing wait times of up to nine months for specialist appointments and deterring practitioners from treating veterans.