'I say sorry': Veterans Affairs Minister apologises for failures of successive Australian governments

Harley Dennett
Updated September 26 2022 - 6:07pm, first published 2:15pm
Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh. Picture by Elesa Kurtz.
Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh. Picture by Elesa Kurtz.

Successive governments have failed serving personnel and their families and Australia's veteran suicide rate is a national tragedy, the Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh has told parliament and apologised on behalf of the government.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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