RAAF veteran Danny Liversidge was surveilled by the military before being forced out of the air force because of his sexuality, leaving him a wounded person , a royal commission has been told.
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Premium Content  Afghanistan veteran Bradly Carr suicided on Anzac Day in the most harrowing of statements about the fate of troubled veterans in Australia but the desperate pleas of families and those who have served have been heard. Mr Morrison said the great risk Defence Force personnel take was not just when they deploy to war. That immediate risk that is there, that is rightfully and well considered when those decisions are sensibly made and wisely made, we hope, by governments at those times, he said. But increasingly, we must also understand the long tail of cost. I mean the human cost. And that cost is most significant when we see it in the death by suicide of our veterans.
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PHYSICALLY and mentally ripped to pieces by the relentless search for justice following the suicide of her military son, Glenda Weston is furious she was never invited the Interim Veteran Commissioner s fly by visit to Townsville. Dr Bernadette Boss was appointed as interim National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention on October 1, and despite the position not yet being legislated, was in Townsville to host roundtable discussions with veteran support agencies to start the conversation. Glenda Weston, who lost her son Bradley Carr to suicide is offended she wasnât invited to meet the interim Veteran Commissioner during her visit to Townsville. PICTURE: MATT TAYLOR.