PTSD Awareness Day – Julie-Ann Finney’s view
Today is three years since Jesse Bird took his life. It is also World PTSD Day. To acknowledge this, I will be tying 600 yellow ribbons on trees in Adelaide
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Julie-Ann Finney’s ANZAC Day message
In 1919, Thomas Marsh returned from WWI, walked the main street of Fremantle, and took his own life – and the government defered it to others to fix.
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Finney says PM untruthful re Royal Commission
Julie-Ann Finney say Prime Minister Scott Morrison was untruthful when he told parliament and the Australian public he would consider a Royal Commission
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Finney rejects PM’s suicide commissioner without RC
Julie-Ann Finney has rejected Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s proposal for a permanent suicide commissioner without a Royal Commission first.
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Julie-Ann Finney gets Labor on side
Labor has thrown its support behind Julie-Ann Finney’s campaign for a Royal Commission into the veteran suicide rate in Australia.
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RIP Dave Stafford Finney – 3 February 2019
Dave Stafford Finney, a recently retired Royal Australian Navy Petty Officer – is how he described himself when he allowed
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Royal Commission into veteran suicide will go ahead
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced a Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide will be established.
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Suicide Royal Commission motion passed in Parliament
A motion calling on the overnment to establish a Royal Commission into veteran suicide passed the Lower House, 22 March 2021.
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Senate votes for suicide Royal Commission
A motion calling on the government to establish a Royal Commission into veteran suicide passed through the Australian Senate on Thursday.
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A yellow armband to remember ALL our veterans
This Wednesday, Remembrance Day, is a chance for us all to honour, remember and respect the sacrifices made by brave men and women.
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Powerful, heartbreaking video calls (again) for Royal Commission into Veteran Suicide
Senator Jacqui Lambie has just released a powerful video which perfectly explains why we still need a Royal Commission. Please watch.
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Shadow Veterans’ Affairs spokesman calls for suicide Royal Commission
Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs added to calls for a Royal Commission into veteran suicides after new suicide figures were released.
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Thousands of ribbons – thousands of broken hearts
I can’t believe it. On Saturday, we gathered to honour the life and memory of Jesse Bird, another Veteran lost to this crisis.
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Darren Chester thanks COAG for Suicide Commissioner endorsement
Despite the vocal objections of ‘the mothers’, Minister for Veterans Affairs Darren Chester announced yesterday that the agreement by state and
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COAG endorses PM’s suicide commissioner
The Council of Australian Governments held a general meeting in Sydney on 13 March, at which the PM’s veteran suicide commissioner proposal was endorsed.
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“Don’t enlist until it’s fixed”
Julie-Ann Finney is encouraging potential Defence recruits not to join the military until the problems of life after service have been addressed.
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500 Matilda Poppies
CONTACT fan crochets 500 Matilda Poppies for her local RSL – then 500 more for another – to remember the 500 souls lost to veteran suicide.
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Lambie ‘names-and-shames’ DVA ‘desk jockey’ for bullying psychiatrist
Senator Jacqui Lambie has named and attacked a senior DVA exec whom she said threatened a psychiatrist for marking diagnoses too high in favour of veterans.
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PM still considering (but no decision on) Royal Commission into vet suicides
Julie-Ann Finney, bereaved mother of former sailor Dave Finney who lost his life to suicide, met Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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PM says ‘maybe’ to veteran-suicide Royal Commission
The campaign for a Royal Commission into Veterans Suicide took a big step forward today when Julie-Ann Finney, proud mother
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