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The veteran unemployment rate to deal with the social and economic Acts. Further, it also supports the is five times the national unemployment catastrophe that followed. Fortunately, professionalization of military advocacy rate of 5.5%, and over twice the youth there were those among our political training and employment, which appears unemployment at 13.3%. Veterans forefathers and returned servicemen to be attracting interest from younger also have a higher mismatch of skills who recognised and advocated for much veterans. The involvement of younger in civil employment (19%) compared needed support to our veterans and veterans is pivotal to the future of to their civilian counterparts at their families. Today, our service people advocacy. 8.5%. Studies into the relationship are supported by veterans’ legislation The term ‘veteran’ is not clearly between unemployment and well- and a government department that understood by the Defence and wider being undoubtedly indicate long-term is dedicated to administering that communities.