Enough inquiries that go nowhere – it's time for a royal commission into veteran suicide
- Written by: Deborah Morris, Military analyst, Griffith University
The government’s slogan is 'putting veterans and their families first', but on the problem of veteran suicide, it has fallen short. Glenn Hunt/AAP
Between 2001 and 2016, 373 Australian veterans took their lives, according to a study commissioned by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA). The study noted that male veterans under the...
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