RESEARCH RECORD · 02 update existing · International / veteran legal benefits
Historical Military Conviction Extinguishment Scheme
Australian Department of Veterans Affairs / Department of Defence · Nationwide, Australia
Applications open (announced Oct 6, 2026)
Review status: new to research
- Eligibility
- People with eligible historical homosexual ADF service convictions, representatives, certain family/special-interest applicants
- Cost
- Cost not described
- Deadline
- No public deadline listed
- Contact
- Department of Defence
- Phone
- 1800 011 046 (Open Arms support, not application line)
- Source report
- VOW_Hourly_2026-10-22_0701_PT.csv
- Research section
- International
Review before publishing: Confirm current date, eligibility, cost, registration, capacity, location and access details with the organizer. These review records are not confirmed VOW listings. Update-existing items should be matched to current VOW content before any change; review-hold items must stay out of the live directory until their noted issue is resolved.
Source reference: https://www.dva.gov.au/news/latest-stories/right-to-remove-historical-homosexual-service-convictions · 24_hour_csv