Exclusive: Labor declines to extend the term of the royal commission’s inquiry after it cited ‘significant delays’ from Defence in providing information
“It is devastating that Australia has lost more serving and former serving personnel to suicide over the last 20 years than through operations over the same period in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A Defence spokesperson said it is “cooperating fully with the royal commission and responding to all requests for information” and will “continue to do all it can to support [its] work”. Ball said given the volume of information the royal commission has been dealing with a further interim report might be appropriate “to allow the government to address some of the issues finalised as they go”.
Lambie told Guardian Australia the royal commission has “had plenty of time to pick up on the patterns of behaviour”.
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