Dr Nikki Jamieson, who lost her son to suicide when he was serving in the Australian Defence Force, has urged the government to act urgently to prevent more lives being lost and other families sharing her grief.
A mother who lost her 21-year-old son to suicide when he was serving in the Australian Defence Force has urged the government to act decisively on the interim recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
"People will continue to die [if change doesn't occur] and I won’t allow that to happen - no way that doesn’t even factor in," she told SBS News. His mother still remembers him for his "cheeky, outgoing and loyal" personality, describing him as an "amazing human being". “It is devastating that Australia has lost more serving and former serving personnel to suicide than it has lost through operations over the last 20 years in Afghanistan and Iraq."
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