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Ethan James

Lambie tells of post-army 'years of hell'

Senator Jacqui Lambie has spent years campaigning for the inquiry into the armed forces. (Anthony Corke/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Jacqui Lambie was riddled with back pain and fighting for compensation during post-army "hell" when she made a deal with God.

"I never thought about faith or anything ... (but) if He could just give me a second chance at life I would fight like hell for veterans," the Tasmanian senator told the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

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