'Check your mates' mantra gains traction

By Deborah Cornwall
Updated June 23 2022 - 3:41am, first published 3:32am
John Caligari, a former commander, is involved in a successful veteran suicide prevention campaign.
John Caligari, a former commander, is involved in a successful veteran suicide prevention campaign.

A suicide prevention initiative that calls on military veterans to check in on their mates is a runaway success that resonates more powerfully than the R U OK campaign, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told.

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