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Parliamentarians voted for a royal commission into the rate of suicide of Australian Defence Force personnel

Ebony Abblitt
Updated March 24 2021 - 6:52am, first published 6:47am
EMOTIONAL: Member for Braddon Gavin Pearce (left) receives a hug from Member for Herbert Phillip Thompson following debate on a royal commission into Veteran Suicides. Picture: Getty Images.
EMOTIONAL: Member for Braddon Gavin Pearce (left) receives a hug from Member for Herbert Phillip Thompson following debate on a royal commission into Veteran Suicides. Picture: Getty Images.

Political opinions were pushed aside in federal parliament on Monday night, when a resolution passed unanimously through the House of Representatives calling for the establishment of a royal commission into the rate of suicide among current and former Australian Defence Force personnel.

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Ebony Abblitt

Ebony Abblitt

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Ebony Abblitt is a features writer at the Examiner in Launceston, with an interest in pets, politics and people. | ebony.abblitt@examiner.com.au

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