The plan will appoint a national commissioner for defence and veterans suicide prevention who will have the same power as a royal
commissioner. The government will also establish a new veteran family advocate to help shape policy, with a focus on mental health. Image: Getty
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Gee not bad seeing they have been cutting funding!
It’s a start. 👏
Or you know, stop sending our troops into illegal wars because daddy America had a tight grip around your balls.
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Fallen veterans will have a 'legacy' under PM's $40m plan | Sky News AustraliaDaily Telegraph Editor Ben English says mothers of fallen veterans now have a 'legacy' for their sons following the government's announcement to establish a national body to investigate veteran suicide.\n\nMr English applauded the masthead's Save Our Heroes campaign and the 'incredibly courageous' push by Julie-Ann Finney and a group of other mothers who led the charge for a royal commission.\n\n'They can't bring their sons back but at least now there'll be a legacy for this incredibly courageous campaign that Julie and the other mothers have waged,' Mr English told Sky News.\n\nUnder a $40 million plan, a National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention is set to be appointed.\n\nThe position will have the same powers as a Royal Commissioner and will be a permanent watchdog to examine military suicide.\n\nThe government will also establish a new Veteran Family Advocate to help shape policy with a focus on mental health.\n\nMore than 400 veterans have taken their lives since 2001.\n\n\n\n\nIf you or anyone you know is experiencing distress, phone Lifeline on 13 11 14. Is Ben English the mother of a fallen veteran? Maybe let them decide what kind of legacy they want. I'm presuming they might desire more than an investigation.
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Exclusive: Abbott opens up to Sky News about catastrophic bushfire season | Sky News AustraliaEXCLUSIVE: Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his firefighting brigade colleagues have spoken to Sky News host Peta Credlin of the “immense” challenges they have faced during this season’s devastating bushfire season.\n\nServing as a volunteer for the NSW Rural Fire Service for 20 years, Mr Abbott and his fellow firefighters have opened up about the enormous toll the fire season has taken and how communities have rallied together to support each other during the last few catastrophic months. HonTonyAbbott The climate science denier guy who axed the Carbon Tax, giving Australia the Bushfires disaster. He can go away. HonTonyAbbott HonTonyAbbott Abbott is a dud, anything for a photo opp. He is a hinderance to fire crews doing real for work while they look after his sorry fake arse
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'Paranoid left' continue to 'vent' against 'rational debate and opinion' | Sky News Australia“Paranoid” and “obsessive” media organisations and 'green left activists' have shown “shameless opportunism” to vent against News Corp media, according to Sky News host Chris Kenny. \n\nMr Kenny was critical recent reports by media outlets such as Al Jazeera, the Washington Post The New York Post, the ABC, the BBC and other “green-left critics” who have attempted to “shut down the debate” on a myriad of issues, such as climate change, global warming and Australia’s summer of bushfires. \n\nMr Kenny said the injection of “facts and perspective into [a] conversation … [along with] open disagreement and healthy debate” by News Corp “people” is “not good enough” for critics from the left. \n\n“The green left want to silence dissent, debate, complexities and nuance, it is the opposite of journalistic inquiry,” Mr Kenny said. \n\n“The problem clearly is not a monoculture in News Corp where reporting ... opinion and debate is lively and multi-faceted. \n\n“The problem is in the green left media, where there is only emotive alarmism, a complete lack of perspective and balance and no focus on debating practical policy responses”. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia Still wearing their blinkers! We just think Murdoch organs are putrid stains on our polity notparanoid Coalition is in absolute chaos, better distract the rubes ranting about the greens
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SBS not being ‘transparent’ regarding article deletion | Sky News AustraliaSBS is not being “transparent” when it comes to questions over why the public broadcaster deleted a 2013 online article that disputed the link between bushfires and climate change, according to Sky News host Chris Kenny. KennyOnMedia Typical sbs leftie propaganda fix Suprise surprise... Lol.
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