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Dominic Giannini

Military staff face higher suicide risk: commission

Australian Defence Force members are at an elevated risk of suicide compared to their civilian peers (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Three Australian military personnel or veterans are taking their lives each fortnight and men in the defence service face a higher risk of suicide.

Research conducted by the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide also found serving male members of the Australian Defence Force are 30 per cent more likely to commit suicide compared to their employed counterparts in the general population.

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