At the Going down of the Sun
David Rowe
In response to the tragedy of veteran suicides, which resulted in the loss of more than 400 lives between 2001 and 2020, the Prime Minister announced a Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in April. Its wide-ranging terms of reference promised to ‘examine and expose all systemic issues and risk factors … and implement actions’ to address them.
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