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Sydney, Australia, Apr 19 (EFE).- Australia Monday said it would investigate the “unacceptably high” rate of suicide among soldiers and war veterans deployed in Afghanistan since 2001.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a Royal Commission would probe such incidents.
“I hope it will be a healing process. I hope it will be a process by which veterans and families can find some comfort,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra.
There have been 465 suicides among Australian Defense Forces members and veterans between 2001 and 2018, official data released in October last year said.
Australia sent its soldiers to Afghanistan in 2001.
Mother of soldier killed in action and an Afghan interpreter reflect on troops leaving Afghanistan
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Private Benjamin Chuck and two other commandos died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in 2010.
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Australia s remaining troops in Afghanistan will join their US allies later this year in withdrawing from the country, almost 20 years after the start of the war.
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Millions poured into sealing defence and coastal access road Mayor Andy Ireland, Deputy Mayor Adam Belot and Councillor Rhodes Watson (left) pictured with Michelle Landry inspecting the roadworks at Stanage Bay Road yesterday. PIC: Contributed
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Millions of dollars have been splashed into a road upgrade that will seal the link between the Bruce Highway and part of the Central Queensland coastline.
The first stage of works is underway on the major project of sealing 39.7km of Stanage Bay Road.
The $21.6m project, which is fully-funded through the Federal Government’s Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative, involves the upgrade of unsealed sections of Stanage Bay Road to sealed road standard between the Bruce Highway and the Army Access gate.
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The big wet was just setting in over NSW last month when Colonel Warwick Young received the call.
It was Marg Prendergast, executive director of disaster recovery at Resilience NSW. The one in 50-year flood event had only just begun its wrath.
Floodwaters in the Hawkesbury River pass under Hawkesbury River Bridge at Mooney Mooney.
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The army reservist of 30 years recalls: âMarg rang me and said, âWeâre having a meeting. Can you be at it? Just so you are aware of whatâs going on.ââ
It was Sunday, March 21, one day before two powerful weather systems would collide over the east coast of NSW, causing widespread chaos, evacuations and the loss of a human life.