Australia’s military has serious questions to answer about the well-being of personnel and veterans amid a “national tragedy” of defence force suicide, the chair of an inquiry into the issue says. The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is sitting in Adelaide for two weeks. The 10th block of hearings is looking at how…
‘Endless Torment’: Soldier’s Mum Speaks of Culture of Bullying at Veteran Suicide Inquiry
November 30, 2021
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When Nikki Jamieson saw her son, Daniel Garforth, go off to join the Australian Defence Forces in 2012, she did not expect it would set him on a course that would end with him dying by suicide. However, in November 2014, the 21-year-old army private took his own life at Darwin’s Robertson Barracks. He left a…
Military Failed to Properly Track Brain Injuries: IG Report
On Jan. 7, 2020, Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops in retaliation for the United States killing Iranian general Qassem Suleimani. No U.S. troops were killed in the strike, but the Pentagon initially reported that 34 of them suffered traumatic brain injuries. Officials then upped that number…
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