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Veterans’ Affairs Minister Matt Keogh with the new simplified laws for veterans compensation compared with old laws.

‘Dereliction of duty’ against Australian veterans comes to an end

The veterans Royal Commission found the long-standing compensation system contributing to suicide and poor mental health. Today, the system changed.

  • Shane Wright

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RSL NSW president Mick Bainbridge was a founding partner of the law firm Operational Legal Australia.

RSL NSW president’s firm launches legal action against veterans

Former clients of Mick Bainbridge’s law firm claim they were overcharged for legal advice. The firm is suing them for not paying their fees.

  • Harriet Alexander

Cost of caring for veterans climbs by $13 billion

A backlog of 60,000 unprocessed medical and compensation claims from veterans has been cleared – and has delivered a $13 billion hit to the budget.

  • Shane Wright
Joanna and Ian Turner

Joanna alerted the army about her husband. The ADF ‘vilified’ her. He later took his own life

The Australian Defence Force failed the veteran and treated his widow “appallingly”, a coroner has found.

  • Ben Cubby and Patrick Begley
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Greatest threat to our soldiers cannot be our own military

More Australian Defence Force members have died from suicide in recent decades than fighting overseas or defending our shores.

  • The Age's View
Defence Minister Richard Marles and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing the government’s response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

Sex offenders to be booted from Defence Force in sweeping overhaul

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said it was time to act to combat an “epidemic” of suicide among former and current military personnel.

  • Matthew Knott and Alyssa Talakovski
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RSL NSW president Mick Bainbridge was a founding partner of the veteran-friendly law firm Operational Legal Australia.

‘Unethical cowboys’: RSL NSW president accused of ‘exploiting’ veterans by overcharging for legal advice

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie said RSL NSW had taken no action against lawyers who overcharged veterans for legal advice because some of the worst culprits sat on its board.

  • Harriet Alexander
Senator Jacqui Lambie has released a report the government kept secret for six months.

Royal commission accidentally leaks secret report

The sweeping review of Australia’s military justice watchdog found too many of its inquiries were conducted with “insufficient sensitivity”.

  • James Massola

Of the 900 recommendations for struggling veterans, there is one that stands out

People are understandably cynical about the prospect of change. Veterans and their families have the right to ask what will be different about these latest recommendations.

  • Dr Alex Lim
Julie-Ann Finney whose son, Dave, took his own life after serving in Australia’s defence force. Julie-Ann devotes all her spare time lobbying the government for change and has a campaign called “Don’t Enlist Until Its Fixed”.

‘The enemy within’: Royal commission damns Defence for needless deaths

The landmark inquiry found current and former service personnel are 20 times more likely to take their own lives than to die in combat.

  • Matthew Knott

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