In fiery speech, Nick Kaldas says government and Defence moving at ‘snail’s pace’ amid ‘national crisis’
He also warned of “deep-rooted cultural and systemwide issues within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs” that has left veterans “re-traumatised” and “driven to the brink”.“There were at least 1,600 deaths by suicide between 1997 and 2020 of veterans who served on or after 1 January 1985. That’s more than 20 times the number killed in active duty over roughly the same period.”
Kaldas said the chief of the ADF, Gen Angus Campbell, had appointed a brigadier to head up a new mental health and wellbeing branch within Defence. “Yet Defence’s approach to investigating and reporting on suicides has progressed at a snail’s pace; and we are yet to find sufficient evidence of urgency in responding to these complex issues holistically – even with this royal commission on foot!”
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