After public outrage pressured the government to act, the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison has announced to establish a Royal Commission to investigate the rising number of suicides among military personnel.
According to media reports, the Australian Prime Minister has made the announcement while speaking to reporters on Monday.
On the occasion, PM Scott Morrison unveiled the plan to establish the independent inquiry into the number of current and former military personnel committing suicide, after government figures showed more than 500 had taken their own life since 2001.
The Australian Prime Minister hpoed that it will be a process by which veterans and families can find some comfort, but it obviously can’t replace the loss. I think and I hope it will be a healing process, he said.
According to the reports, the public pressure has been mounting on the government to take action after a campaign calling for improvements to the support troops receive has been launched.
The campaign has been launched by Julie-Ann Finney and she is the mother of a soldier who committed suicide following his return from deployment.
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