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The veteran suicide royal commission will conduct an in-depth analysis of systemic risk factors leading to serving and returned personnel taking their own lives.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday released the terms of reference for the inquiry, which will be led by former NSW Police deputy commissioner Nick Kaldas. The death of any Australian Defence Force member or veteran is a terrible tragedy that is deeply felt by all Australia but particularly those who served alongside them and their families, he told reporters in Sydney.
Mr Kaldas also has experience as an investigator of chemical weapons used in Syria.
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Veteran suicide: Call for grieving families to be heard Grieving mothers have joined veterans and military lawyers in Canberra to air their concerns over the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into suicides.
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Subscriber only Grieving mothers have joined veterans and military lawyers in Canberra to air their concerns over the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into veteran suicides in a last bid to have their voices heard. There is only one week left for the veteran community and families to submit their views on what the royal commissioner should consider, after the federal government announced last month it would look at both defence and veteran suicides.
News by Frank Chung 3rd May 2021 11:01 AM An Afghanistan war veteran who suffers from severe depression and PTSD has opened up about the bureaucratic, malicious compensation claims process that, for too many of Australia s war heroes, is often the final straw. Sometimes, as he found out, it can come down to a single word in a psychiatrist s report, or a single point on an assessment scale. From the point of view of veterans - who are often struggling to adjust to post-service life while nursing battered bodies and mental scars - the process can be agonisingly slow, convoluted, and at times almost Kafkaesque.