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Sky News has gone into meltdown following Scott Morrison's election loss, with host Rowan Dean blaming the moderates of the Liberal party for the defeat.
Support for Royal Commission
“Shellshock” they called it when men seemingly lost all reason in the trenches of Europe in WWI.
“Battle fatigue” was another term used when fighting men returned home, quiet, distracted, bad-tempered and turning to alcohol before ending the torment with a permanent solution to the war still going on in their heads.
Now we say “nervous breakdown” and “PTSD”, but while we use these terms to recognise the well-known problem of terrible mental health outcomes for defence personnel, we don’t seem to be any closer to a remedy.
I wholeheartedly welcome Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of a Royal Commission into veteran and defence suicides because we all want to do better by our veterans and serving personnel.
LETTERS: Illegal dumping escalates to a crisis news-mail.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news-mail.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Illegal dumping Not only do our creeks and rivers become dumping grounds for litter, including plastic waste, threatening our wildlife, bush areas and parkland are targets for household waste and unwanted goods. It is an unconscionable global epidemic, trashing our environment. In local communities we find lazy and selfish individuals and companies using our pristine areas as rubbish tips. It has escalated to a crisis. This reduces our planet to a limited lifespan, with pollutants directly or indirectly poisoning our waterways, threatening all life. Children worldwide are concerned there is no planet B to fall back on. Their message is plain to perpetrators.