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I have watched and listened to testimonies from the Royal commission into veteran suicides with utter disbelief the figures laid out before us not just troubling they're utterly heartbreaking it is tragic that we are losing an average of three veterans to suicide every two weeks since 1985 conservative estimates put the total number at 2,000 veterans who have taken their own lives the weight of this crisis is felt across Generations each veteran lost to Suicide leaves behind not only a grieving family but also Community deeply impacted some of those were present yesterday in Parliament after more than 50 formal inquiries over 30 years we are still facing these devastating issues our service men and women those who have sacrificed so much to protect us have been systematically let down by the very institutions designed to protect and support them I want to take this opportunity to thank those veterans and families and friends of veterans that contributed to the heartbreaking testimony to the Royal commission and the veterans and Veteran families in my community I say that we hear you I hear you I've spoken to community groups and veterans in the past 24 hours the government has committed to considering and responding to the Royal commission and my community urges a thorough substantial and Speedy response in particular the final recommendation to establish a new statute entity to oversee system reform across a whole defense infrastructure is critical to make sure that we make a lasting difference to veteran and defense suicides we owe veterans more than our gratitude we owe them our action