Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service) Amendment Determination (No. 2) 2026
I, Matthew James Keogh, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel, make the following determination under subsection 5C(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.
Dated 18 May 2026
Matthew James Keogh
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel
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4 Schedules................................................1
Schedule 1—Non-warlike Service amendment 2
Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service) Determination 2019 2
This instrument is the Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service) Amendment Determination (No. 2) 2026.
Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. |
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Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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| Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument. |
2. | Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument. |
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Non-warlike service amendment
Veterans’ Entitlements (Non-warlike Service) Determination 2019
1 | Section 1 of Schedule 1 (table items 42 and 43) |
| Repeal the table items, substitute: |
42 | Beech | Defence’s support to the Australian Government response to the Hamas-Israel conflict | The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon and the Sinai in Egypt | 13 October 2023-12 June 2025 |
42A | Beech | Defence’s support to the Australian Government response to the Middle East conflict | The land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, the Sinai in Egypt, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates | On and after 13 June 2025 |
43 | Hydranth | Australian Defence Force contribution to support United States and United Kingdom defensive actions targeting the capabilities used in Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea | The following areas: (a) the land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Bahrain and Qatar; (b) the waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea (bounded by 10°00′N and 60°00′E) | 13 October 2023-12 June 2025 |
44 | Hydranth | Australian Defence Force contribution to support United States and United Kingdom defensive actions targeting the capabilities used in Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea | The following areas: (a) the land, territorial waters and superjacent airspace of Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates; (b) the waters and superjacent airspace of the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea (bounded by 10°00′N and 60°00′E) | On and after 13 June 2025 |