Report Into Australian Veterans’ Suicide Accidentally Released, Government Denies Cover Up

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide accidentally uploaded what was meant to be a secret review into Australia’s military justice system before realising its mistake and taking it down—but not before staff of Greens Senator David Shoebridge had seen it. When he tried to table it in the federal parliament, he found it had disappeared. Shoebridge and Independent Senator Jacquie Lambie—a Defence Force veteran—demanded its release, something Lambie has been fighting for over several months. The government also blocked the tabling motion. The senators called a press conference on Sept. 18 to highlight the error and accused the government of trying to hide the findings. They also questioned the government’s commitment to fixing cultural problems within Defence....