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Morrison (finally) announces Royal Commission into veteran suicide crisis April 19, 2021
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Since 2001, twice as many ADF veterans like myself have been lost to suicide than to armed conflict. The promise of a Royal Commission seems too little, too late.
CW: The following piece discusses suicide.
After months of political pressure, Scott Morrison has finally announced a Royal Commission into the climbing rates of veteran suicide. As journalist Daniel Hurst noted, “The government had previously resisted calls for such an inquiry by saying its plans for a national commissioner for defence and veteran suicide prevention would be able to examine the problem on a rolling basis and would have similar powers to a royal commission. But the bills to set up such a commissioner as an independent statutory office holder have languished in the Senate.”
2021-04-19 08:35:52 GMT2021-04-19 16:35:52(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CANBERRA, April 19 (Xinhua) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a royal commission into the suicides of current and former defense personnel.
Morrison on Monday acknowledged the human cost of defense deployments, saying he hoped that the long-awaited inquiry would act as a healing process. I think this will be a process that will assist in the comfort that those families have been seeking, he told reporters.
More Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have lost their lives by suicide than those have died in active duty in Afghanistan since 2001.
According to a report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), between 2001 and 2017, there were 419 suicides among current serving, reserve and contemporary ex-serving ADF personnel.
Australia reverses decision to withhold medals from veterans
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media in Sydney, Australia, Monday, April 19, 2021. Australia s government on Monday reversed a decision to strip soldiers of unit citations due to war crime allegations in Afghanistan and announced an inquiry into suicides among veterans and serving members of the military.(Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)Joel Carrett/AP
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia’s government on Monday reversed a decision to strip soldiers of unit citations due to war crime allegations in Afghanistan and announced an inquiry into suicides among veterans and serving members of the military.
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