.MThistlethwaite says Labor is calling for a royal commission into veterans’ suicide because it is “the right thing to do”.
Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite says Labor is calling for a royal commission into veterans’ suicide because it is “the right thing to do”. Mr Thistlethwaite told Sky News there’s “something wrong” with the system, as he discovered when speaking with parents of veterans who had taken their own lives.
“Nothing has the prohibitive power in Australia as the royal commission and we really need to use that power to get to the bottom of what’s going on,” he said. “It goes beyond the issue of suicide, it’s the support we’re providing for people in the military and beyond.” Anyone who may be feeling distressed can contact the following organisations for support.
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