Darwin bureau chief Matt Cunningham says veteran suicide is “absolutely an issue worthy of a royal commission'. TheFrontPage
Darwin bureau chief Matt Cunningham says veteran suicide is “absolutely an issue worthy of a royal commission". His comments come after Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese called for a royal commission into veteran suicides, having met with the mother of a veteran who took his own life. “The number of veterans who have taken their lives once they've returned from service is about 10 times the amount who have died fighting for our country overseas,” he told Sky News host Peter Gleeson.
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