Veterans’ Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 (Cth)

Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 No. 17, 2025 An Act to amend the law relating to veterans' affairs and military rehabilitation and compensation, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules 4 Review of operation of amendments 5 Review of amendments in Schedule 9 Schedule 1—Single ongoing Act main amendments Part 1—Closing eligibility to DRCA and VEA Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Part 2—Opening MRCA to pre‑2004 conditions Division 1—Accepted DRCA and VEA conditions Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 2—Classifying pre‑2004 operations Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 3—Retesting claims Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 4—Needs assessment Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 5—Service injuries, diseases and deaths arising from treatment Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Part 3—Other amendments Division 1—Permanent impairment Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 2—Incapacity payments Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 3—Liability restrictions on tobacco use Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 4—Medical event on duty Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 5—Posthumous permanent impairment payments Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 6—Overpayments and debts Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Division 7—Payment to solicitor's trust account Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 8—Common law damages Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 9—Information sharing Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Division 10—Offsetting Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 11—Rehabilitation Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 12—Motor Vehicle Compensation Scheme Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 13—Financial and legal advice Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Schedule 2—Single ongoing Act enhancements Part 1—Amendments relating to allowances etc. Division 1—Compensation for funeral expenses Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 2—Acute support package Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 3—Household and attendant care Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 4—Victoria Cross allowance and decoration allowance Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 5—Prisoner of war ex gratia payments Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (One‑off Payments and Other 2007 Budget Measures) Act 2007 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Veterans' Entitlements (Clarke Review) Act 2004 Division 6—Education schemes Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 7—Additional compensation for children of severely impaired veterans Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 8—Special assistance Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Division 9—Repeals Compensation (Japanese Internment) Act 2001 Part 2—Amendments relating to treatment Division 1—Travel for treatment arrangements Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 2—Treatment arrangements Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Part 3—Presumptive liability Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Part 4—Additional disablement amount Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Schedule 3—Review pathway Part 1—Amendments commencing 60 days after Royal Assent Division 1—Main amendments Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Division 2—Application and transitional provisions Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 Part 2—Amendments commencing later Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Schedule 4—Merging commissions Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Schedule 5—Repatriation Medical Authority and Specialist Medical Review Council Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Schedule 6—Disability compensation cessation date Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 Schedule 7—Application and transitional provisions Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 Schedule 8—Consequential amendments Part 1—Main amendments Aged Care Act 1997 Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 Age Discrimination Act 2004 A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006 Australian Veterans' Recognition (Putting Veterans and Their Families First) Act 2019 Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989 Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988 Data‑matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 Dental Benefits Act 2008 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Health Insurance Act 1973 Higher Education Support Act 2003 Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023 Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 My Health Records Act 2012 National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 National Health Act 1953 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 Social Security Act 1991 Student Assistance Act 1973 Superannuation Act 1976 Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019 Part 2—Contingent amendments Defence Act 1903 Schedule 9—Defence and Veterans' Services Commission Part 1—Main amendments Defence Act 1903 Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025 No. 17, 2025 An Act to amend the law relating to veterans' affairs and military rehabilitation and compensation, and for related purposes [Assented to 20 February 2025] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act is the Veterans' Entitlements, Treatment and Support (Simplification and Harmonisation) Act 2025. 2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act 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. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 5 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 20 February 2025 2. Schedules 1 and 2 1 July 2026. 1 July 2026 3. Schedule 3, Part 1 The day after the end of the period of 60 days beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 21 April 2025 4. Schedule 3, Part 2 1 July 2026. 1 July 2026 5. Schedules 4 to 7 1 July 2026. 1 July 2026 6. Schedule 8, Part 1 1 July 2026. 1 July 2026 7. Schedule 8, Part 2 The later of: (a) at the same time as the provisions covered by table item 6; and (b) immediately after the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Defence Amendment (Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence) Act 2025. However, the provisions do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur. 8. Schedule 9 29 September 2025. 29 September 2025 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 3 Schedules Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. 4 Review of operation of amendments (1) The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, or such other committee constituted under a resolution of the Senate, must: (a) begin a review of the operation of the amendments made by this Act as soon as practicable after the end of the period of 12 months beginning on the day Schedule 1 to this Act commences; and (b) report the Committee's findings to the Senate as soon as practicable after completing the review. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the review must consider the following: (a) the effectiveness of the amendments; (b) whether the amendments have achieved recommendation 1 of the Interim Report of the Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission, and any other relevant recommendations of that report; (c) the operation of legislated governance arrangements as a result of the amendments; (d) whether the amendments have improved or clarified the benefits available to veterans and their families; (e) whether the amendments have resulted in improvements in operational processes associated with veterans and their families accessing benefits; (f) whether further legislative changes are needed; (g) any related matter. (3) In this section: Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission means the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, issued by the Governor‑General by Letters Patent on 8 July 2021 (and including any later variations of those Letters Patent). 5 Review of amendments in Schedule 9 The Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee must: (a) begin a review of the amendments in Schedule 9 to this Act as soon as practicable after the day this Act receives the Royal Assent; and (b) report the Committee's findings to the Senate by 29 August 2025. Schedule 1—Single ongoing Act main amendments Part 1—Closing eligibility to DRCA and VEA Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 1 Section 3 (before the paragraph beginning "This Act provides for") Insert: This Act provides rehabilitation, compensation and other entitlements for veterans and other members of the Defence Force (referred to in this Act as members and formers members) and for members of their families. 2 Section 3 Omit "This Act provides", substitute "In particular, this Act provides". 3 Section 3 After: (c) certain assistance (such as child care, counselling and household services) to members or former members or to related persons of members, former members or deceased members. insert: From the date of commencement, the benefits and assistance provided for by this Act cover all members and former members, regardless of when they rendered service or the nature of that service, and this is the only Act under which a claim for such benefits and assistance can be made. Note 1: Part 2 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004 deals with the application of this Act on and after the date of commencement. Note 2: Part IA of the DRCA and Part IA of the VEA deal with the closure of those Acts to certain new claims on and after the date of commencement. 4 Section 3 Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986" (wherever occurring), substitute "VEA". 5 Subsection 5(1) Insert: date of commencement means 1 July 2026. de facto relationship: see section 19A. DRCA means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988. 6 Subsection 5(1) (subparagraph (c)(i) of the definition of partner) Omit "subsection (2)", substitute "section 19A". 7 Subsection 5(1) (definition of pharmaceutical benefits) Repeal the definition, substitute: pharmaceutical benefits means drugs, medicinal preparations and other pharmaceutical items (including aids to treatment and dressings) for the treatment of sicknesses or injuries suffered by human beings. 8 Subsection 5(1) Insert: VEA means the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986. 9 Subsection 5(1) (definition of Veterans' Affairs Minister) Repeal the definition. 10 Subsection 5(2) Repeal the subsection. 11 After section 19 Insert: 19A De facto relationships In forming an opinion for the purposes of this Act whether 2 people are living together in a de facto relationship, regard is to be had to all the circumstances of the relationship including, in particular, the following matters: (a) the financial aspects of the relationship, including: (i) any joint ownership of real estate or other major assets and any joint liabilities; and (ii) any significant pooling of financial resources especially in relation to major financial commitments; and (iii) any legal obligations owed by one person in respect of the other person; and (iv) the basis of any sharing of day‑to‑day household expenses; (b) the nature of the household, including: (i) any joint responsibility for providing care or support of children; and (ii) the living arrangements of the people; and (iii) the basis on which responsibility for housework is distributed; (c) the social aspects of the relationship, including: (i) whether the people hold themselves out as being in a de facto relationship with each other; and (ii) the assessment of friends and regular associates of the people about the nature of their relationship; and (iii) the basis on which the people make plans for, or engage in, joint social activities; (d) any sexual relationship between the people; (e) the nature of the people's commitment to each other, including: (i) the length of the relationship; and (ii) the nature of any companionship and emotional support that the people provide to each other; and (iii) whether the people consider that the relationship is likely to continue indefinitely; and (iv) whether the people see their relationship as a de facto relationship. 12 Section 197 Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 13 Subsection 198(2) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 14 Subsection 204A(2) (note 3) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 15 Sections 221 to 224 Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986" (wherever occurring), substitute "VEA". 16 Paragraphs 234(5)(a) and 245(b) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 17 Sections 246 to 248 Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986" (wherever occurring), substitute "VEA". 18 Subsection 258(7) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 19 Section 278 Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988", substitute "DRCA". 20 Section 280A (heading) Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988", substitute "DRCA". 21 Subsection 280A(1) Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988", substitute "DRCA". 22 Subsection 280A(1) (note 1) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 23 Subsection 280A(1) (note 2) Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988", substitute "DRCA". 24 Subsection 280A(2) Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988", substitute "DRCA". 25 Section 300 (note 2) Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988", substitute "DRCA". 26 Sections 301 to 303 Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986" (wherever occurring), substitute "VEA". 27 Subsection 409(5) (paragraph (g) of the definition of receiving Commonwealth body) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 28 Section 423 Omit "Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988" (wherever occurring), substitute "DRCA". 29 Paragraph 424L(2)(b) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 30 Paragraph 430(3E)(b) Omit "Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986", substitute "VEA". 31 Subparagraph 438(a)(i) Omit "Veterans' Affairs". Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988 32 Subsection 4(1) Insert: date of commencement means 1 July 2026. 33 After Part I Insert: Part IA—Operation of this Act on and after date of commencement 14AA No new claims etc. on or after date of commencement Despite anything else in this Act: (a) a claim may not be made under Part V on or after the date of commencement; and (b) an instrument may not be made under section 41B (acute support package) on or after that date. Note 1: From the date of commencement: (a) claims that could previously be made under this Act will be able to be made under the MRCA; and (b) acute support packages that could previously be granted under this Act will be able to be granted under section 268B of the MRCA. Note 2: See also section 88 of the CTPA in relation to pending claims. 34 Subsection 41B(1) (note) Omit "Note", substitute "Note 1". 35 At the end of subsection 41B(1) Add: Note 2: An instrument may not be made under this section on or after the date of commencement (see section 14AA). 36 At the end of subsection 54(1) Add: Note: A claim may not be made under this section on or after the date of commencement (see section 14AA). 37 At the end of subsection 124(1A) Add: Note: A claim for compensation under this Act may not be made on or after the date of commencement (see section 14AA). Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 38 Subsection 5Q(1) Insert: date of commencement means 1 July 2026. 39 After Part I Insert: Part IA—Operation of this Act on and after date of commencement 12AA No new claims, applications etc. on or after date of commencement Despite anything else in this Act: (a) a claim or application may not be made under any of the following on or after the date of commencement: (i) Part II (other than Division 2A); (ii) Part IV; (iii) section 111 (other than in respect of bereavement payment under section 98AA); (iv) a legislative instrument made under section 105 or 106; and (b) an instrument may not be made under section 115S (acute support package) on or after that date. Note 1: From the date of commencement: (a) certain claims and applications that could previously be made under this Act, or under legislative instruments made under this Act, will be able to be made under the MRCA; and (b) acute support packages that could previously be granted under this Act will be able to be granted under section 268B of the MRCA. Note 2: See also section 89 of the CTPA in relation to certain pending claims and applications. 40 Subsection 14(1) (notes 1 and 2) Repeal the notes, substitute: Note: A claim may not be made on or after the date of commencement (see section 12AA). 41 At the end of subsections 15(1) and (2) Add: Note: An application may not be made on or after the date of commencement (see section 12AA). 42 At the end of subsection 111(2) Add: Note: An application may not be made on or after the date of commencement, unless it is for bereavement payment under section 98AA (see section 12AA). 43 Subsection 115S(1) (note) Omit "Note", substitute "Note 1". 44 At the end of subsection 115S(1) Add: Note 2: An instrument may not be made under this section on or after the date of commencement (see section 12AA). Part 2—Opening MRCA to pre‑2004 conditions Division 1—Accepted DRCA and VEA conditions Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 45 Section 21 (paragraph beginning "The Commission") After "none of the exclusions in Part 4 apply.", insert "The Commission is taken to have accepted liability for an injury or disease in certain circumstances.". 46 Section 22 (paragraph beginning "The Commission must accept") After "none of the exclusions in Part 4 apply.", insert "The Commission is taken to have accepted liability for an injury or disease, and the injury or disease is taken to be a service injury or disease, if liability for the injury or disease has previously been accepted under the DRCA or VEA.". 47 After section 24 Insert: 24A Commission taken to have accepted liability for certain injuries and diseases (1) This section applies in relation to an injury sustained, or a disease contracted, by a person if: (a) before the date of commencement, the person made a claim for either of the following in respect of the injury or disease: (i) compensation under the DRCA; (ii) a pension under Part II or IV of the VEA; and (b) as a result of the determination of that claim (including any reconsideration or review of a decision made in relation to that claim): (i) if subparagraph (a)(i) applies—liability to pay compensation in respect of the injury or disease was accepted; or (ii) if subparagraph (a)(ii) applies—it was determined that the person was entitled to be granted a pension in respect of the injury or disease. (2) For the purposes of this Act, the regulations and any other instrument made under this Act: (a) the Commission is taken to have accepted liability for the injury or disease under this Chapter; and (b) the injury or disease is taken to be a service injury, or a service disease, as the case may be. Note: This means that the person is not required to make a claim under section 319 for acceptance of liability for the injury or disease and the Commission is not required to reassess liability for the injury or disease. 48 At the end of section 27 Add: Note 1: Certain injuries and diseases are taken to be service injuries and service diseases (see section 24A). Division 2—Classifying pre‑2004 operations Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 49 Before section 1 Insert: Part 1—Preliminary 50 Subsection 5(1) Insert: Australian contingent, in relation to a Peacekeeping Force, means a contingent of that Force that has been authorised or approved by the Australian Government. Australian member, in relation to a Peacekeeping Force, means a member of that Force whose membership has been authorised or approved by the Australian Government. authorised travel, in relation to a member of a Peacekeeping Force, means travel authorised by the appropriate authority, being an authority approved by the Minister for the purpose. British nuclear test defence service has the meaning given by section 6B. 51 Subsection 5(1) (definition of defence service) Omit "paragraph 6(1)(d)", substitute "subsection 6(1A)". 52 Subsection 5(1) Insert: domicile has a meaning affected by section 19B. hazardous service has the meaning given by section 6C. 53 Subsection 5(1) (at the end of the definition of member) Add: ; or (d) a member of a Peacekeeping Force. 54 Subsection 5(1) Insert: member of a Peacekeeping Force means a person who is serving, or has served, with a Peacekeeping Force outside Australia as an Australian member, or as a member of the Australian contingent, of that Peacekeeping Force. operational service has the meaning given by sections 444 to 450. Peacekeeping Force has the meaning given by subsection 6A(3). peacekeeping service has the meaning given by subsection 6A(1). 55 Before section 6 Insert: Part 2—Kinds of service to which this Act applies 56 Section 6 (heading) Repeal the heading, substitute: 6 Defence service 57 Before subsection 6(1) Insert: (1A) For the purposes of this Act, the following kinds of service are defence service: (a) warlike service; (b) non‑warlike service; (c) British nuclear test defence service; (d) hazardous service; (e) peacetime service. Note: This Act applies in relation to operational service as if it were warlike service or non‑warlike service (see section 443). 58 Paragraph 6(1)(b) After "this Act", insert ", or service that is peacekeeping service". 59 Paragraphs 6(1)(c) and (d) Repeal the paragraphs, substitute: (c) peacetime service means service with the Defence Force that is not any of the following: (i) warlike service; (ii) non‑warlike service; (iii) British nuclear test defence service; (iv) hazardous service. 60 After section 6 Insert: 6A Meanings of peacekeeping service and Peacekeeping Force (1) Peacekeeping service means service rendered by a person with a Peacekeeping Force outside Australia, and includes: (a) any period after the person's appointment or allocation to the Peacekeeping Force during which the person was travelling outside Australia for the purpose of joining the Peacekeeping Force; and (b) any period (not exceeding 28 days) of authorised travel by the person outside Australia after the person has ceased to serve with the Peacekeeping Force. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1): (a) a person who has travelled from a place in Australia to a place outside Australia is taken to have commenced to travel outside Australia when the person departed from the last port of call in Australia; and (b) a person who has travelled to Australia from a place outside Australia is taken to have been travelling outside Australia until the person arrived at the first port of call in Australia. (3) A Peacekeeping Force described in column 1 of an item of the following table is a Peacekeeping Force for the purposes of this Act on and from the initial date specified in column 2 of the item. Peacekeeping Forces Item Column 1 Column 2 Description of Peacekeeping Force Initial date as a Peacekeeping Force 1 Security Council Commission of Investigation on the Balkans 29 January 1947 2 Committee of Good Offices 25 August 1947 3 United Nations Special Commission on the Balkans 26 November 1947 4 United Nations Commission on Korea 1 January 1949 5 United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan 1 January 1949 6 United Nations Commission for Indonesia 28 January 1949 7 United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation 1 June 1956 8 United Nations Operations in the Congo 1 August 1960 9 United Nations Yemen Observation Mission 1 January 1963 10 United Nations Force in Cyprus 14 May 1964 11 United Nations India‑Pakistan Observation Mission 20 September 1965 12 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force 1 January 1974 13 United Nations Emergency Force Two 1 July 1976 14 United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon 23 March 1978 15 Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Zimbabwe 24 December 1979 16 Sinai Multinational Force and Observers established by the Protocol between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel dated 3 August 1981 18 February 1982 17 United Nations Iran/Iraq Military Observer Group 11 August 1988 18 United Nations Border Relief Operation in Cambodia 1 February 1989 19 United Nations Transition Assistance Group Namibia 18 February 1989 20 United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (Mission des Nations Unies pour un Referendum au Sahara Occidental) 27 June 1991 21 The Australian Police Contingent of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia 18 May 1992 22 The Australian Police Contingent of the United Nations Operation in Mozambique 27 March 1994 23 Australian Defence Support to a Pacific Peacekeeping Force for a Bougainville Pea