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Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business: Services
Page: 23338
Mr Laurie Ferguson
asked the Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 12 October 2000:
If, as stated, the ASM with clasp Vietnam 1975 is only cancelled once eligibility for the AASM has been established, why has the Director Honours and Awards, Air Force Medals Section, Defence Personnel Executive, advised recipients that the ASM with clasp Vietnam 1975 is no longer recognised under the Australian Honours System and must therefore be cancelled.
Mr Bruce Scott (Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence)
—The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:
On 18 August 1998, the Governor-General revoked the Instrument of Declaration and determination for the ASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975' and approved a similar Instrument which established the AASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975'. This was as a result of a Defence Review which changed the service in Vietnam at the time from non-warlike to warlike. As the AASM and the ASM recognise warlike and non-warlike service, respectively, they cannot both be awarded for the same operation. As the Instrument for the ASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975' has been revoked, it is no longer a valid award. It should be pointed out that this change was effected following representations from those veterans claiming that their service should have been recognised by the AASM, not the ASM.
To receive the AASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975', recipients of the ASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975' are required to surrender their award when applying for the new award. The ASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975' is then individually cancelled once entitlement to the AASM with Clasp `Vietnam 1975' is established.