Trapped in a never-ending cycle of back pain and locked in a compensation battle with a government department that had placed her under surveillance, senator Jacqui Lambie tells the defence royal commission she lost hope completely.
Trapped in a never-ending cycle of back pain and locked in a compensation battle with a government department that had placed her under surveillance, Jacqui Lambie lost hope completely.
It began a slow journey of rehabilitation, and a desire to do what she could to make the lives of veterans better, that eventually led to her being elected to Federal Parliament in 2014. She told the commission she initially thrived in the environment, but it was not long before she was thrown a curveball.is a confidential telephone and online service for ADF members and their familiesprovides 24-hour free and confidential counselling and support for current and former ADF members and their familiesis a national support services provider for Defence personnel, contemporary veterans, and their families.
"They gave me a second chance and I will always be very, very grateful for having that second chance."WatchJacqui Lambie in tears while thanking her sons, who 'paid a heavy price' while she deteriorated.She was sent on a compassionate posting to Devonport, in Tasmania's north-west.
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