SMH ARTICLE – Australian veterans joining forces in the fight against military suicide

14 May 2017

This SMH article by David Wroe 13 May 2017 is a must read coverage of the fight against military suicide

……”Amid soaring concern about veteran suicide and rising dissatisfaction and criticism – some of it fair, some likely less so – of the Department of Veterans Affairs, thriving communities of veterans are self-organising online.”

“As the government and the military community searches for ways to reduce the rate of military suicides – which is up to double the rate of the community average in the case of younger veterans – there are calls for better co-ordination among veterans groups and also between them and the government.” …….

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