How the NSW RSL is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars
The RSL NSW has nearly $350 million in cash and liquid assets held across hundreds of sub-branches, much of which critics say is not being properly used to help needy veterans.
David Wroe is national security correspondent for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald in Canberra.
The RSL NSW has nearly $350 million in cash and liquid assets held across hundreds of sub-branches, much of which critics say is not being properly used to help needy veterans.
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The national president of the RSL is facing calls to step aside in the wake of revelations he received a share of nearly $1 million in payments despite being a volunteer.
The national RSL president and three NSW colleagues received a share in nearly $1 million in "consulting fees" paid by an arm of the veterans organisation.
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