Veterans' mental health to receive multi-million-dollar boost in upcoming budget

This week's budget reportedly includes a multi-million-dollar package to help defence force veterans battling mental health conditions, giving them free and immediate access to a greater range of services.

The budget on Tuesday will include a $350 million boost to the Department of Veterans' Affairs, News Corp Australia reports.

That will include more than $30 million for non-liability mental health services to ex-servicemen and women who will no longer have to prove their mental health condition is linked to their service before receiving treatment.

The government will also spend $10 million on suicide prevention programs, which will include a pilot program that provides case management for veterans after they are discharged from hospital, News Corp reports.

In total the government will spend $220 million on mental health, suicide and programs to help personnel transition to civilian life, as well as addressing problems with the claims system for veterans seeking financial support.

Veterans Affairs Minister Dan Tehan said veterans' health was his number one priority.

"If an eligible person requires treatment, it will be paid for," he said.

Last year a News Corp investigation found more than 40 military personnel and veterans took their own lives in the previous year.