Australia’s military has serious questions to answer about the well-being of personnel and veterans amid a “national tragedy” of defence force suicide, the chair of an inquiry into the issue says.
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is sitting in Adelaide for two weeks.
The 10th block of hearings is looking at how aspects of military life like leadership, postings and promotions, deployment and career management can impact mental health.
Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie —a military veteran—last week queried whether the inquiry was going “hard and fast enough” and said veterans were starting to question its utility….