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Unfriendly fire: RSL boss condemned for ‘offensive’ attack on dead veteran’s mother
Tuesday March 30, 2021
Deep divisions in the RSL over how the Morrison government should address suicide and poor mental health among Australia’s veterans have worsened after the organisation’s national president attacked the mother of a dead former soldier for her lobbying efforts on the issue.
Julie-Ann Finney at a rally to protest veteran suicide outside Parliament House in Canberra. (Photo:AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)
National RSL President Greg Melick reportedly accused Julie-Ann Finney of trying to “assuage the guilt” of losing her son by campaigning for a royal commission into…
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