by Mitchell Van Homrigh, Clare Armstrong 19th Apr 2021 6:10 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Australian special forces soldiers will reportedly be allowed to retain their Meritorious Unit Citations unless convicted of war crimes in a major decision by Defence Minister Peter Dutton. And in another significant announcement since moving from the Home Affairs portfolio to Defence, Mr Dutton today backed a Royal Commission into veteran suicides pledging to do "whatever is humanly possible" to support returned service men and women. "We don't want to see veterans self harming obviously, we don't want to see their families suffering," he said. "We want to provide whatever support we can."