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The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide welcomes the release of a key report which includes an extra five years of data on the number of suicide deaths among current and ex-serving ADF members.

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has concluded its Darwin hearing, having gained important insight into the unique challenges of military service in the Top End.

The family of a man who died by suicide at Robertson Barracks earlier this year will be among the lived experience witnesses to share their story at the seventh public hearing of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide in Darwin.

Service life in the Northern Territory will be a key focus of the Royal Commission as it starts its seventh hearing block in Darwin today.

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will meet with serving personnel during a tour of Northern Territory military bases, ahead of its public hearing in Darwin.

The government today announced it would accept most of the urgent recommendations in the interim report. Read a statement from Commission Chair Nick Kaldas, Commissioner James Douglas and Commissioner Peggy Brown.

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicidehas made 13 urgent recommendations in its interim report, which was handed tothe Governor-General, David Hurley, and tabled in Parliament in Canberra today.

The Chair of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Nick Kaldas thanked current and ex-serving Defence members and their families for sharing their experiences of military life at a public hearing in Hobart.

National Mental Health Commissioner, Alan Woodward will be among the witnesses to appear at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide during the second week of its public hearing in Hobart.

The work of ex-service organisations will come under the spotlight during the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s sixth public hearing, which began today in Hobart.