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defence correspondent Andrew Greene

Veterans' minister apologises to military personnel over defence suicide rates after 'successive governments' failed

The veterans' affairs minister has apologised in federal parliament to serving and former military personnel who have been let down by his department and Defence over numerous decades.

Matt Keogh delivered the Albanese government's formal response to early findings from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide by outlining measures to address the crisis. 

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