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Care ‘too little, too late’: ex soldier

Care ‘too little, too late’: ex soldier

Australian veterans have been taking their lives every week because of an insufficient approach by the defence force and government, a former soldier says. "We are spending all our money on acute care (for veterans) after they have already jumped off the cliff,

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Inquiry warned of soldier stereotype risk

Inquiry warned of soldier stereotype risk

The Australian military ideal of a soldier as "a big, strong, boofy bloke" prepared to use lethal force is dangerously out of step with the needs of modern warfare.That's one of the messages presented to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide by University of NSW associate professor of …

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