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PM bows to pressure for royal commission into veteran suicides
Monday April 19, 2021
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced a royal commission into veteran suicides after a long-running campaign by former soldiers and pressure from all sides of parliament.
At least 500 Australian military veterans have died by suicide since the start of the Afghanistan war in 2001, but a recent spike in deaths has shocked the veteran community. Photo: ABC
The prime minister will release draft terms of reference for consultation on Monday, with a tentative starting time of July.
“We want this to be comprehensive,” he told reporters in Sydney.
“Every…
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