In Australia, we do a damn poor job of looking after our veterans. This Anzac Day, can we just admit it?
Take this nightmare case from my patch of the world. For more than 18 years, veterans in the Riverina have been raising serious concerns. They’ve been met with silence. In fact, they claim that the issues they’ve raised, like the illegal wearing of military medals (commonly referred to as stolen valour), the liquidations of local RSL sub-branches, and the mismanagement of service records and funds, have been allegedly hushed up.
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