Larissa Waters
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Yeah.
So, yeah, we've got an open mind on a Royal Commission.
The sector says time's not right, so we'll back them in.
But we've got the answers.
We need the funding for those programs.
Yes, that's a great point.
So I'm not super across the literal changes to veterans entitlements.
I know a little bit about the sexual violence in the ADF but
But what I would say generally is that people who go on behalf of our nation and do what they do as our Defence Force should be supported, okay?
So the people who make the decisions about where they go and whose war they're engaging in, that's who I hold accountable for poor decision-making.
But the actual personnel, the soldiers, the Army folk, the Navy folk, the Air Force people,
Like they are just doing their job and they're doing it on behalf of all of us.
So they do deserve to be looked after.
It is extremely traumatic.
These people come home and they genuinely suffer.
And of course they need support.
So we're very pro-veteran support.
Unfortunately, the government less so.
And that's kind of no matter which colour you are, they've notoriously under-invested in mental health for veterans and mental health for the whole community for that matter, even though they should be properly funding that.
But in terms of the sexual violence in the ADF, it's rife.