Footnotes
Chapter 1 - Introduction
[1]
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Care of ADF
Personnel Wounded and Injured on Operations, June 2013, p. 75.
[2]
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Care of ADF
Personnel Wounded and Injured on Operations, June 2013, p. 76.
[3]
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, Care of ADF
Personnel Wounded and Injured on Operations, June 2013, p. 76.
[4]
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 19.
[5]
Veterans' Entitlement Act 1988, ss. 5C(1).
[6]
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, ss. 6(1).
Chapter 2 - Prevalence of mental ill-health
[1]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 2.
[2]
Department of Veterans' Affairs and Australian Institute of Health and
Welfare, Australian National Service Vietnam Veterans: Mortality and Cancer
Incidence 2005, p. 43.
[3]
Vietnam Veterans' Federation, Supplementary Submissions 2.1 and 2.2;
Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission
26, p. 7; and Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission
42, p. 6; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 3.
[4]
Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission
26, pp 7, 11.
[5]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. i.
[6]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xv.
[7]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xiv.
[8]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xiv.
[9]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xix.
[10]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xx.
[11]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xx.
[12]
Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, The Transition and Wellbeing
Research Programme, http://health.adelaide.edu.au/ctss/research/transitionandwellbeingprogramme/,
accessed 16 July 2015.
[13]
Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies, The Transition and Wellbeing
Research Programme, http://health.adelaide.edu.au/ctss/research/transitionandwellbeingprogramme/,
accessed 16 July 2015.
[14]
Department of Defence, Mental Health Research and Evaluation, http://www.defence.gov.au/Health/DMH/ResearchSurveillancePlan.asp,
accessed 16 July 2015.
[15]
Information provided over the phone by Ellie Lawrence Wood from the Centre
for Traumatic Stress Studies on 16 July 2015.
[16]
Information provided over the phone by Ellie Lawrence Wood from the Centre
for Traumatic Stress Studies on 16 July 2015.
[17]
Centre for Australian Military and Veterans' Health, Deployment Health
Surveillance, http://www.camvh.org.au/index.html?page=216371&pid=110145,
accessed 18 January 2016.
[18]
Dr Annabel McGuire, Submission 24, p. 2.
[19]
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of the Defence Force, Department
of Defence, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 1.
[20]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 17.
[21]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. i.
[22]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. v.
[23]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 6.
[24]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. i.
[25]
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of the Defence Force, Department
of Defence, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 1.
[26]
Australian Psychological Association, Submission 22, p. 3.
[27]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 2.
[28]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 5.
[29]
Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, The Middle East Area of
Operations (MEAO) Health Study: Census Study Report, 14 December 2012, p.
73.
[30]
Centre for Military and Veterans' Health, The Middle East Area of
Operations (MEAO) Health Study: Census Study Report, 14 December 2012, p.
68.
[31]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 51.
[32]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 17.
[33]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 51.
[34]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 2.
[35]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, pp 4–5.
[36]
Mr Matthew McKeever, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 34-35.
[37]
Mr Matthew McKeever, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 34-35.
[38]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016
(received 12 February 2016).
[39]
All reports are available from the committee's website https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Foreign_Affairs_Defence_and_Trade
[40]
For example: Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
pp 14–15; Mr John Skewes, Submission 52, p. 2; Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission
54, p. 1; Name withheld, Submission 57, pp 1–2; Mr John Lawler, Submission
58, pp. 1–7; Name withheld, Submission 70, pp 1–10.
[41]
Mr Ciaran Hemmings, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 35.
[42]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 6.
[43]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 10.
[44]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 6.
[45]
Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 6.
[46]
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 3303.0 – Causes of Death, Australia,
2013.
[47]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 6.
[48]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xiv.
[49]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 18.
[50]
For example: Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia, Submission 2
(see also supplementary submissions and attachments); Mr Douglas Steley, Submission
6, p. 6; Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 4; Walking Wounded,
Submission 18, p. 3; Returned & Services League of Australia,
Submission 19, p. 8; Australian Families of the Military Research and
Support Foundation, Submission 26, p. 12; Soldier On, Submission 29,
pp 6–7; Name withheld, Submission 44, p. 2; Royal Australian Regiment
Association, Submission 46, pp 2–4; Dr Niall McLaren, Submission 50,
pp 3–4; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 6; Name
withheld, Submission 70, p. 3; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, p. 5;
Mr Phil Hay, Submission 72, p. 4.
[51]
For example: Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, p. 6; Walking
Wounded, Submission 18, p. 3; Returned & Services League of
Australia, Submission 19, p. 8; Australian Families of the Military
Research and Support Foundation, Submission 26, p. 12; Soldier On, Submission
29, pp 5–6; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 6.
[52]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 8.
[53]
Soldier On, Submission 29, pp 6–7.
[54]
DVA advised in its submission that it expected to receive the findings for
this exercise in late 2015; however, on 15 January 2016 DVA advised the
committee via email that this date has since been revised to late 2016.
[55]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 18.
[56]
Brian O'Toole, et al., 'Suicidality in Australian Vietnam veterans
and their partners', Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 65, June
2015, p. 30.
[57]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Australian National Service Vietnam
Veterans: Mortality and Cancer Incidence 2005, p. 46.
[58]
Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, p. 26.
[59]
For example: Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia, Submission 2
(see also supplementary submissions and attachments ); Returned and Services
League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 3; Australian Psychological
Society, Submission 22, pp 3, 11; Psychotherapy & Counselling
Federation of Australia, Submission 23, pp 9–11; Dr Annabel McGuire, Submission
24, pp 2–3; Australian Families of the Military research and Support
Foundation, Submission 26, pp 1, 7, 19–23; War Widows' Guild of
Australia, Submission 28, p. 1; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 3;
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, pp 8–9; Aspen Medical, Submission
38, pp 76–77; Legacy Australia, Submission 39, pp 1–4; Alliance of
Defence Service Organisations, Submission 40, pp 2–4; Partners of
Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 42, pp 1–7; Name withheld,
Submission 43, pp. 1–3; Name withheld, Submission 44, pp 1–6; Miss
Alanna Powers, Submission 48, p. 1; Slater & Gordon Lawyers,
Submission 51, pp 17–18; Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation, Submission
59, pp. 2–3; Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission 64, p. 9; Mrs Catherine
Lawler, Submission 66, p. 4; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, p. 3;
Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 77, p. 2.
[60]
War Widows' Guild of Australia, Submission 28, p. 1.
[61]
For example: Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
pp. 34–36; Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 42,
pp 9–10; Name withheld, Submission 43, pp. 1–3; Name withheld, Submission
44, pp 1–6; Miss Alanna Powers, Submission 48, p. 1; Mrs Catherine
Lawler, Submission 66, p. 4.
[62]
Miss Alanna Powers, Submission 48, p. 1.
[63]
Mr Ryan Geddes, Committee Hansard, 31 August 2015, p. 69.
[64]
Mrs Catherine Lawler, Submission 66, p. 4.
[65]
Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia, Supplementary Submission 2.2,
Attachment 2, p. 1.
[66]
Brian O'Toole, et al., 'Suicidality in Australian Vietnam veterans
and their partners', Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 65, June
2015, p. 30.
[67]
For example: Mr Douglas Steely, Submission 6; Name withheld, Submission
8; Mr Dennis Lee, Submission 9; Mr Roy Seal, Submission 11;
Name withheld, Submission 13; Mr Jayden Moseley, Submission 31;
Name withheld, Submission 36; Name withheld, Submission 43; Name
withheld, Submission 44; Miss Alanna Power, Submission 48; Name
withheld, Submission 57; Mr John Lawler, Submission 58; Mr Dennis
Crouch, Submission 60; Mrs Catherine Lawler, Submission 66; Name
withheld, Submission 67; Mr Dennis Bass, Submission 69; Name
withheld, Submission 70; and Name withheld, Submission 79.
[68]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 4.
[69]
KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, pp 2–3.
[70]
Name withheld, Submission 79, p. 2.
[71]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 51.
Chapter 3 - Identification and disclosure of mental ill-health
[1]
Professor David Dunt, Review of Mental Health Care in the ADF and Transition
through Discharge, January 2009, p. 16.
[2]
Professor David Dunt, Review of Mental Health Care in the ADF and
Transition through Discharge, January 2009, p. 16.
[3]
Professor David Dunt, Review of Mental Health Care in the ADF and
Transition through Discharge, January 2009, pp 21–27.
[4]
Department of Defence, ADF Mental Health & Wellbeing Plan 2012-15,
p. 5.
[5]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 3.
[6]
Department of Defence, Capability through mental fitness: 2011
Australian Defence Force Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, October
2011; and Department of Defence, ADF Mental Health and Wellbeing Action Plan
2012-2015, October 2012.
[7]
Department of Defence, ADF Mental Health & Wellbeing Plan 2012-15,
pp 12–25.
[8]
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of the Defence Force, Committee
Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 1.
[9]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 3-4.
[10]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 7.
[11]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 3.
[12]
Department of Defence, Review of Health Information Practices in
Defence, December 2013, pp 19–20.
[13]
Regulation 85(1)(b) if the member is an officer and regulation 87(1)(c)
for an enlisted member.
[14]
Australian Military Regulation 433.
[15]
Air Force Regulation 433.
[16]
Department of Defence, Review of Health Information Practices in
Defence, December 2013, pp 19–20.
[17]
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of the Defence Force, Committee
Transcript, 21 September 2015, p. 6.
[18]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 4.
[19]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 15.
[20]
For example: Mr Mark Keynes, Submission 10, p. 2;Walking Wounded, Submission
18, p. 3; Slater & Gordon, Submission 51, p. 7.
[21]
Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 3.
[22]
Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, p. 17.
[23]
Amelia Searle et al, ‘The Validity of Military Screening for Mental Health
Problems: diagnostic accuracy of the PCL, K10 and AUDIT scales in an entire
military population’ International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric
Research, Vol. 24, No. 1, p. 41.
[24]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 16.
[25]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, p.
30.
[26]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[27]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, pp
31–32.
[28]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, pp
31–32.
[29]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, pp
32–33.
[30]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, pp
33–34.
[31]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, p.34.
[32]
Department of Defence Submission 34, p. 14.
[33]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, p.
34.
[34]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, pp
33–34.
[35]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, pp
16–17.
[36]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 16.
[37]
For example: Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
p. 8; Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission
26, p. 7; Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 85; Slater & Gordon, Submission
51, p. 21; Name withheld, Submission 70, pp 9–10. Australian
Association of Social Workers, Submission 77, p. 3.
[38]
Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission
26, p. 7.
[39]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 85.
[40]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 16.
[41]
Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 77, p. 3.
[42]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016,
(received 12 February 2016).
[43]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016,
(received 12 February 2016).
[44]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016,
(received 12 February 2016).
[45]
For example: Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 9;
Mr Jeremy Davey, Submission 25, p. 4; Young and Well Cooperative Research
Centre, Submission 62, p. 3; Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission 64,
p. 10.
[46]
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 9.
[47]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 7–8.
[48]
Privacy Act 1988, Sch. 1.
[49]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 8.
[50]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 8.
[51]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 8.
[52]
For example: Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force, Submission
15, p. 1; Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 40,
pp 11–12; Australian Peacekeeper & Peacemaker Veterans' Association, Submission
78, p. 3.
[53]
Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force, Submission 15,
p. 1.
[54]
Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 40, pp 11–12.
[55]
Inspector General of the Australian Defence Force, Submission 15,
pp 1–2.
[56]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 7.
[57]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 7.
[58]
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of the Defence Force, Department
of Defence, Committee Hansard, pp 7–8.
[59]
Department of Defence, answer to a question on notice, 21 September 2015
(received 23 November 2015).
[60]
Slater & Gordon, Submission 51, p. 21.
[61]
Mark Addison, 'Malcolm Turnbull: we lost our son to suicide while serving
in the ADF – please change service contracts so next-of-kin can be notified of
self-harm, suicide attempts', https://www.change.org/p/malcolm-turnbull-we-lost-our-son-to-suicide-while-serving-in-the-adf-please-change-service-contracts-so-next-of-kin-can-be-notified-of-self-harm-suicide-attempts,
accessed 22 January 2016.
[62]
Name withheld, Submission 70, pp 9–10.
[63]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 8.
[64]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 9.
[65]
For example: Department of Defence, Devolution
and integration in the Australian Defence Force: the Defence Regional Support
Review, 1989; Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No.34 (1996–97),
Australian Defence Force Health Services; Department of Defence, Future
directions for the management of Australia's defence—Report of the Defence
Efficiency Review, 1997; Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report
No.51 (2000–2001), Australian Defence Force Health Services Follow-up Audit;
Review of Defence Health Services, 2004; Department of Defence, Healthcare
in the Australian Defence Force, 2008; Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade References Committee, Australia’s Involvement in Peacekeeping Duties;
and Professor David Dunt, Review of Mental Health Care in the ADF and Transition
through Discharge, January 2009.
[66]
For example: Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, p. 15; Mr Robert
Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 5; Walking Wounded, Submission 18,
pp 2–3; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 6; Aspen Medical, Submission 38,
p. 20; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, pp 7–10; Name
withheld, Submission 56, pp 2–3; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, pp
4–5.
[67]
Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 7.
[68]
Walking Wounded, Submission 18, pp 2–3.
[69]
Name withheld, Submission 56, p. 2.
[70]
Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 27 2014-15, Electronic
Health Records for Defence Personnel, 2015, p. 29.
[71]
Australian National Audit Office, Audit Report No. 27 2014-15, Electronic
Health Records for Defence Personnel, 2015, p. 29.
[72]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 12 June 2012,
(received 29 September 2012).
[73]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016,
(received 12 February 2016).
[74]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 10.
[75]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 9.
[76]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 52.
[77]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 10.
[78]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 10.
[79]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 11.
[80]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016,
(received 12 February 2016).
[81]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 2 February 2016,
(received 12 February 2016).
[82]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 20.
[83]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 20.
[84]
For example: Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, p. 15; Mr Robert
Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 5; Walking Wounded, Submission 18,
pp 2–3; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 6; Aspen Medical, Submission 38,
p. 20; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, pp 7–10; Name
withheld, Submission 56, pp 2–3; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, pp
4–5.
[85]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, p.
35.
[86]
Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health, The Australian
Defence Force Mental Health Screening Continuum Framework, July 2014, p.
62.
[87]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 3.
[88]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Veteran Mental Health Strategy
2013-2023, pp 34-44.
[89]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 3.
[90]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 29 September 2015, p. 2.
[91]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 30; Department
of Veterans' Affairs, 'At Ease: ADF Post-discharge GP Health Assessment' http://at-ease.dva.gov.au/professionals/assess-and-treat/adf-post-discharge-gp-health-assessment/,
accessed 22 January 2016.
[92]
For example: Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 2; Veterans Care
Association, Submission 4, pp 1–2; Returned & Services League of Australia,
Submission 19, p. 3; Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22,
p. 9; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 5.
[93]
Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 2.
[94]
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 9.
[95]
Royal Australian Regiment Association, Submission 46, pp 1–2.
[96]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 3.
[97]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 6.
[98]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 2.
[99]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 7.
[100] Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Submission 35, p. 7.
[101] Returned & Services
League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 3.
[102] Returned & Services
League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 3.
[103] Alliance of Defence Service
Organisations, Submission 40, pp 13–14; Royal Australian Regiment
Association, Submission 46, pp 1–5.
[104] Royal Australian Regiment
Association, Submission 46, p. 1.
[105] Veterans Care Association, Submission
4, p. 2.
[106] Alliance of Defence Service
Organisations, Submission 40, pp 13–14.
[107] Mr Shane Carmody, Chief
Operating Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard,
21 September 2015, p. 21.
Chapter 4 - Mental health services
[1]
For example: Dr Jerome Gelb, Submission 5; Mr Brian McCarthy, Submission
20; Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22; Phoenix
Australia, Submission 30; Dr Niall McLaren, Submission 50; Major
Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54; Mr Greg Hogan, Submission 61; Ms
Christine Perry, Submission 63; Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission 64;
Mr Derek Sheppard, Submission 68.
[2]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 7.
[3]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 9.
[4]
Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia), Submission 55,
p. 2.
[5]
Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia), Submission 55,
p. 1.
[6]
Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 2.
[7]
For example: Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission
19, pp 4, 16; Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 87; Alliance of
Defence Service Organisations, Submission 40, pp 8–9; Major Stuart
McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 2; Mr Greg Hogan, Submission 61, p.
6–7, 13.
[8]
Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 40, pp 8–9.
[9]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 21.
[10]
Note that Mefloquine is also known by its trade name Lariam.
[11]
Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 3.
[12]
Dr Jane Quinn, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 46.
[13]
United States of America Food and Drug Administration, FDA Drug Safety
Communication: FDA approves label changes for antimalarial drug mefloquine
hydrochloride due to risk of serious psychiatric and nerve side effects http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/ucm362227.htm,
accessed 5 February 2016.
[14]
Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 4.
[15]
Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 8.
[16]
Department of Defence, 'Statement on the use of mefloquine in the ADF',
Media release,
30 November 2015.
[17]
Department of Defence, 'Statement on the use of mefloquine in the ADF',
Media release,
30 November 2015.
[18]
Department of Defence, 'Statement on the use of mefloquine in the ADF',
Media release,
30 November 2015.
[19]
For example: Mr Mark Keynes, Submission 10, p. 1; Major Stuart
McCarthy, Submission 54, pp 6–7.
[20]
Professor Thomas Frame, Committee Hansard, 31 August 2015, p. 59.
[21]
Professor Thomas Frame, Committee Hansard, 31 August 2015, p. 60.
[22]
Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 6.
[23]
Veterans Care Association, Submission 4, p. 2.
[24]
Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AO CSC, Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Committee
Hansard,
21 September 2015, p. 11.
[25]
Dr Niall McLaren, Submission 50, p. 5.
[26]
Dr Niall McLaren, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 34.
[27]
Dr Niall McLaren, Submission 50, p. 5.
[28]
Ms Christine Perry, Submission 63, pp 1–3; Mr Derek Sheppard, Submission
68, p. 1; and Mr Donald Sullivan, Submission 32, pp 1–31.
[29]
For example: Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 3; Mr Jeremy Davey,
Submission 25, p. 3; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, pp 6–7;
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 85; Alliance of Defence Service
Organisations, Submission 40, p. 2.
[30]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, pp 6–7.
[31]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, pp 6–7.
[32]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 6.
[33]
For example: Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
p. 8; Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 10; Name
withheld, Submission 56, p. 2.
[34]
Name withheld, Submission 56, p. 3.
[35]
Royal Australian Regiment Association, Submission 46, pp 6–7.
[36]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 85.
[37]
Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia), Submission 55,
p. 3.
[38]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 11.
[39]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 11.
[40]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 3-4.
[41]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 11.
[42]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 3-4.
[43]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 13.
[44]
Department of Defence, Defence Health Portal: Web and Mobile
Applications, http://www.defence.gov.au/health/healthportal/apps.asp
accessed 2 February 2015.
[45]
Department of Defence, Defence Health Portal: Web and Mobile Applications,
http://www.defence.gov.au/health/healthportal/apps.asp
accessed 2 February 2015.
[46]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 13.
[47]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 12.
[48]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 21 September 2015
(received 23 November 2015).
[49]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 12.
[50]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 12–13.
[51]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[52]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[53]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[54]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[55]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[56]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 19.
[57]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 14.
[58]
For example: Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 4; Phoenix
Australia, Submission 30, p. 6; Australian Psychological Society, Submission
22, pp 9–10; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 8.
[59]
Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 4.
[60]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 6.
[61]
For example: Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 5; Walking
Wounded, Submission 18, p. 3; Australian Psychological Society, Submission
22, pp 9–10; Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia, Submission
23, pp 1, 6; Mr Jeremy Davey, Submission 25, p. 4; Soldier On, Submission
29, p. 8; Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, p. 20; Phoenix
Australia, Submission 30, p.6; Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South
Australia), Submission 55, pp 7 –8; Australian Association of Social
Workers, Submission 77, p. 4.
[62]
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, pp 9–10;
[63]
Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia), Submission 55,
p. 1.
[64]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 3.
[65]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, pp 40–41.
[66]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 4.
[67]
Name withheld, Submission 44, p. 4; Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission
64, p. 2.
[68]
Name withheld, Submission 44, p. 4.
[69]
Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission 64, p. 2.
[70]
Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission 64, p. 2.
[71]
For example: Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia, Supplementary
Submission 2.2, p. 2; Mr Mark Keynes, Submission 10, p. 2; Mr Robert
Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 4; Walking Wounded, Submission 18,
p. 4; Mr Robert Sherman, Submission 21, p. 4; Australian Psychological
Society, Submission 22, p. 11; Psychotherapy & Counselling
Federation of Australia, Submission 23, p. 4; Dr Annabel McGuire, Submission
24, p. 3; Australian Families of the Military Research and Support
Foundation, Submission 26, p. 23; Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27,
pp 22–26; War Widows' Guild of Australia, Submission 28, p. 3; Soldier
On, Submission 29, pp 4–8; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p.
6; Legacy Australia, Submission 39, p. 2; Partners of Veterans
Association of Australia, Submission 42, p. 1; Name withheld, Submission
44, p. 4; Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia), Submission
55, p. 8.
[72]
Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 4.
[73]
Name withheld, Submission 44, p. 4.
[74]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 7.
[75]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 42.
[76]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 44.
[77]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 44.
[78]
For example: Vietnam Veterans Federation of Australia, Supplementary
Submission 2.2, p. 2; Australian Families of the Military Research and
Support Foundation, Submission 26, p. 23; Soldier On, Submission 29,
pp 4–8; Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 42, p.
1.
[79]
Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 4.
[80]
Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service, http://www.vvcs.gov.au/Clients/eligibility-at-a-glance.htm,
accessed 20 August 2015.
[81]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 43.
[82]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 43.
[83]
Australian Counselling Service, Submission 17, p. 3.
[84]
Mr Brian Briggs, Practice Group Leader, Military Compensation, Slater
& Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 20.
[85]
For example: Mr Mark Keynes, Submission 10, p. 2; Walking Wounded, Submission
18, p. 4; Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
pp 12–13; Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission
26, pp 20–24; Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, p. 26; Soldier On, Submission
29, p. 3; Legacy Australia, Submission 39,
pp 1–4; Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission 40, pp.
2–4; Name withheld, Submission 43, pp 1–3; Name withheld, Submission
44, p. 4; Miss Alanna Power, Submission 48, p. 3; Royal Australian
Armoured Corps Corporation, Submission 59, pp 2–4; Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission
64, pp 11–12; Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 77,
pp 4–5.
[86]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp
12–13.
[87]
Vietnam Veterans' Federation of Australia, Supplementary Submission 2.2,
p. 2.; Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 42, p.
5; Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp 12–13.
[88]
Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 42, p. 5.
[89]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp
12–13.
[90]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 15.
[91]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 15–16.
[92]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, pp 15–16.
[93]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 19.
[94]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 7.
Chapter 5 - Barriers to accessing mental health services
[1]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 207.
[2]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. 200.
[3]
Department of Defence, Mental Health in the Australian Defence Force:
2010 ADF Mental Health Prevalence and Wellbeing Study Report, p. xxviii.
[4]
For example: Stand Tall for PTSD, Submission 7, p. 3; Mr Mark
Keynes, Submission 10, p. 1; Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p.
2; Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 17;
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, pp 4, 8; Australian
Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission 26,
p. 3, Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, pp 38–40; Soldier On, Submission
29, pp 4, 6; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, pp 2, 4; Legacy
Australia, Submission 39, p. 3; Alliance of Defence Service
Organisations, Submission 40, pp 2, 6–7; beyondblue, Submission 41,
p. 4–5; Name withheld, Submission 44, pp 2–3; Slater & Gordon, Submission
51, p. 8; Major Stuart McCarthy, Submission 54, p. 4; Name withheld,
Submission 56, p. 1; Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation, Submission
59, pp 6–8; Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Submission 62,
pp 3, 6.
[5]
Mr John Bale, PTSD and Stigma in the Australian Army, October
2014, p. 17.
[6]
Mr John Bale, PTSD and Stigma in the Australian Army, October
2014, p. 17.
[7]
For example: Mr Douglas Steely, Submission 6, p. 16; Mr Mark
Keynes, Submission 10, p. 3; Mr Jeremy Davey, Submission 25, p.
4; Dr Niall McLaren, Submission 50, p. 3; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission
51, p. 9; Major Stuart McCarthy, Supplementary Submission 54.1, p.
2; Name withheld, Submission 70, p. 4.
[8]
Mr Matthew McKeever, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 35.
[9]
Mr Matthew McKeever, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 39.
[10]
Dr Niall McLaren, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 33–34.
[11]
Air Chief Mark Binskin, Chief of the Defence Force, Department of Defence,
Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 1.
[12]
Air Chief Mark Binskin, Chief of the Defence Force, Department of Defence,
Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, pp 6–7.
[13]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 4.
[14]
Department of Defence, ADF Mental Health & Wellbeing Plan 2012-2015,
p. 12.
[15]
For example: Mr Mark Keynes, Submission 10, p. 1; Returned and
Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp 3, 7, 17; Mr Jeremy
Davey, Submission 25, p. 3; Australian Families of the Military
Research and Support Foundation, Submission 26, p. 16; Dr Kieran
Tranter, Submission 27, pp 18, 38–39; Soldier On, Submission 29,
p. 4; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 2; beyondblue, Submission
41, pp 4–5; Name withheld, Submission 44, p. 3; Slater & Gordon
Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 8; Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Corporation, Submission 59, p. 7; Mr Bradley Skinner, Executive Officer,
Walking Wounded, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 6.
[16]
Mr Bradley Skinner, Executive Officer, Walking Wounded, Committee Hansard,
1 September 2015, p. 6.
[17]
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 17.
[18]
Mr Mark Keynes, Submission 10, p. 1.
[19]
Mr John Bale, PTSD and Stigma in the Australian Army, October 2014,
p. 32.
[20]
Mr John Bale, PTSD and Stigma in the Australian Army, October 2014,
p. 32.
[21]
Department of Defence, answer to question on notice, 21 September 2015
(received 23 November 2015)
[22]
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 18.
[23]
Department of Defence, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Dents in the Soul –
helping to cope with PTSD, http://www.defence.gov.au/Health/HealthPortal/PTSDDVD.asp,
accessed 11 February 2016.
[24]
Department of Defence, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Dents in the Soul –
helping to cope with PTSD, http://www.defence.gov.au/Health/HealthPortal/PTSDDVD.asp,
accessed 11 February 2016.
[25]
Aspen Medical, Submission 38, p. 69.
[26]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 52.
[27]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 12.
[28]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 2.
[29]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 25.
[30]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 25.
[31]
For example: Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
p. 11; Mr Robert Shearman, Submission 21, p. 4; Slater & Gordon
Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 13; and Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission 64,
p.2.
[32]
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 11.
[33]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 24.
[34]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 24.
[35]
For example: Returned and Services League of Australia (Wide Bay Burnett
District), Submission 3, pp 1–5; Dr Jerome Gelb, Submission 5, pp
2–3; Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, pp 2– 6; Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission
16, pp 5–6; Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
p. 18; Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, p. 52; Soldier On, Submission
29, p. 9; Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission 42,
pp 9–10; Name withheld, Submission 44, pp 3–6; Miss Alanna Power, Submission
48, pp 1–4; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, pp 8, 19–20;
Mr John Skewes, Submission 52, pp 1–8; Mr John Lawler, Submission 58,
pp 1–23; Mrs Catherine Lawler, Submission 66, pp 1–8; Name withheld, Submission
67, pp 1 –3; Mr Dennis Bass, Submission 69; KCI Lawyers, Submission
71, pp 1–16; Name withheld, Submission 79, pp 1–2.
[36]
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 18.
[37]
Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 22.
[38]
Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 9.
[39]
Mrs Catherine Lawler, Submission 66, p. 2.
[40]
Australian Public Service Commission, Capability review: Department of
Veterans' Affairs, November 2013, pp 5–6.
[41]
Australian Public Service Commission, Capability review: Department of
Veterans' Affairs, November 2013, p. 38.
[42]
Mr Brian Briggs, Practice Group Leader, Military Compensation, Slater
& Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2016, p. 15.
[43]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, pp 6–7.
[44]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 4.
[45]
For example: Returned and Services League of Australia (Wide Bay Burnett
District), Submission 3, pp 1–5; Dr Jerome Gelb, Submission 5, pp
2–3; Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, pp 2– 6; Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission
16, pp 5–6; Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19,
p. 18; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 9; Partners of Veterans Association
of Australia, Submission 42, pp 9–10; Name withheld, Submission 44,
pp 3–6; Miss Alanna Power, Submission 48, pp 1–4; Slater & Gordon
Lawyers, Submission 51, pp 8, 19–20; Mr John Skewes, Submission 52,
pp 1–8; Mr John Lawler, Submission 58, pp 1–23; Mrs Catherine Lawler, Submission
66, pp 1–8; Name withheld, Submission 67, pp 1 –3; Mr Dennis Bass,
Submission 69; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, pp 1–16; Name withheld, Submission
79, pp 1–2.
[46]
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 18.
[47]
Mr William Kearney, Wide Bay Burnett District of the Returned and Services
League of Australia, Submission 3, p. 3.
[48]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 27.
[49]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 27.
[50]
For example: Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, p. 39; Mr Robert
Shortridge, Submission 16,
pp 2, 6–7; Australia Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 13;
Australian Families of the Military Research and Support Foundation, Submission
26, pp 15, 35; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 6; Partners of Veterans
Association of Australia, Submission 42, pp 9–10; Name withheld, Submission
44, pp 4–5; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 8; Mr
John Skewes, Submission 52, pp 5–6; Mr John Bale, Chief Executive
Officer and Co-Founder, Soldier On, Committee Hansard, 31 August 2015,
p. 20.
[51]
Mr John Bale, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Soldier On, Committee
Hansard,
31 August 2015, p. 20.
[52]
Name withheld, Submission 44, pp 4–5.
[53]
Australian Public Service Commission, Capability review: Department of
Veterans' Affairs, November 2013, p. 39.
[54]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 4.
[55]
For example: Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, p. 24; Returned and
Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 33; Name withheld, Submission
44, p. 5; Mr John Lawler, Submission 58, pp 14–17; Mrs Catherine
Lawler, Submission 66, pp 5–8; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, p. 8.
[56]
Name withheld, Submission 44, p. 5.
[57]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Supplementary Submission 35.1, p.
1.
[58]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 8.
[59]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Supplementary Submission 35.1, p.
1.
[60]
For example: Dr Jerome Gelb, Submission 5, pp 2–3; Mr Douglas
Steley, Submission 6, pp 12– 13; Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission 16,
pp 5–6; Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 38;
Mr Robert Shearman, Submission 21, p. 5; Mr Geoff Bolwell, Submission
33, pp 23–24; Partners of Veterans Association of Australia, Submission
42, pp 9–10; Name withheld, Submission 44, pp 3–6; Miss Alanna
Power, Submission 48, pp 1–4; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission
51, pp 13–19; Mr John Lawler, Submission 58, pp 1–23; Mrs Catherine
Lawler, Submission 66, pp 1–8; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, pp
1–16.
[61]
Mr Brian Briggs, Practice Group Leader, Military Compensation, Slater
& Gordon Lawyers, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 16.
[62]
KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, p. 16.
[63]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 3.
[64]
Ms Lisa Foreman, First Assistant Secretary, Rehabilitation and Support,
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015,
pp 12–13.
[65]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 13.
[66]
For example: Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 3; Australian
Psychological Society, Submission 22, pp 9–10; Psychotherapy and
Counselling Federation of Australia, Submission 23, pp 1, 6; Mr Jeremy
Davey, Submission 25, p. 4; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 8; Dr Kieran
Tranter, Submission 27, p. 20; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30,
p.6; Veterans' Health Advisory Council (South Australia), Submission 55,
pp 7 –8; Australian Association of Social Workers, Submission 77, p. 4.
[67]
Ms Maria Brett, Chief Executive Officer, Psychotherapy and Counselling
Federation of Australia, Committee Hansard, 31 August 2015, p. 53.
[68]
Ms Catherine O'Toole, Chief Executive Officer, Supported Options in
Lifestyle & Access Services (SOLAS), Committee Hansard, 1 September
2015, p. 51.
[69]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 8.
Chapter 6 - Discharge, transition to civilian life, and veteran homelessness
[1]
For example: Veterans Care Association, Submission 4, p. 1; Mr
Mark Keynes, Submission 10, pp 3–4; Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission
16, p. 4; Walking Wounded, Submission 18, p. 5; Returned and
Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp 6, 13, 16, 18, 23; Australian
Psychological Society, Submission 22, pp 3 –4, 12; Soldier On, Submission
29, p. 11; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, pp 9–10; beyondblue, Submission
41, p. 5; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission 51, p. 20; Young
and Well Cooperative Research Centre, Submission 62, pp 1–2; Australian
Peacekeeper and Peacemaker Veterans' Association, Submission 78, pp 3,
9–10.
[2]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 10.
[3]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 18.
[4]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 18.
[5]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, pp 29–30.
[6]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 6.
[7]
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 13.
[8]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 18.
[9]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 18.
[10]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans and Veterans Families
Counselling Service, Stepping Out (Transition Program), http://www.vvcs.gov.au/Services/GroupPrograms/stepping-out.htm
accessed 18 February 2016.
[11]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 29.
[12]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 18.
[13]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 50.
[14]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, answer to question on notice, 21
September 2015, (received 13 November 2015).
[15]
For example: Veterans Care Association, Submission 4, p. 2;
Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp 18–19; Solider
On, Submission 29, p. 11; Alliance of Defence Service Organisations, Submission
40, pp 10–11; Royal Australian Regiment Association, Submission 46,
pp 8–9; Royal Australian Armoured Corps Corporation, Submission 59, pp
10– 12; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, p. 10; Australian Peacekeeper &
Peacemaker Veterans' Association, Submission 78, pp 7–9.
[16]
Solider On, Submission 29, p. 11.
[17]
Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 11.
[18]
KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, p. 10.
[19]
Australian Peacekeeper & Peacemaker Veterans' Association, Submission
78, p. 7.
[20]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 32.
[21]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, pp 33–34.
[22]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 35.
[23]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 34.
[24]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 34.
[25]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 35.
[26]
For example: Mr Robert Shortridge, Submission 16, p. 14; Returned
& Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 16; Mr Robert
Shearman, Submission 21, p. 3; Australian Psychological Society, Submission
22, p. 13; Soldier On, Submission 29, p. 11; Phoenix Australia, Submission
30, p. 10; Legacy Australia, Submission 39, p. 4; Royal Australian
Regiment Association, Submission 46, p. 4; Slater & Gordon Lawyers, Submission
51, p. 18; KCI Lawyers, Submission 71, pp 8–9.
[27]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 10.
[28]
It should be noted that in November 2013 the Memorandum of
Understanding was updated to remove reference to veterans.
[29]
Department of Defence and Department of Veterans' Affairs, Memorandum
of Understanding for the Cooperative Delivery of Care and Support to Eligible
Persons, p. 8.
[30]
Department of Defence and Department of Veterans' Affairs, Memorandum
of Understanding: Cooperative Delivery of Care and Support to Eligible Persons,
version 1.1, November 2013, pp 8–10.
[31]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 16.
[32]
Returned & Services League of Australia , Submission 19, p. 16.
[33]
Department of Defence, Submission 34, p. 16.
[34]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 34, pp 22–23.
[35]
Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, p. 13.
[36]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 14.
[37]
Miss Alanna Powers, Committee Hansard, 31 August 2015, p. 67.
[38]
Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC, Chief of the Defence Force, Department
of Defence, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, pp 17–18.
[39]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 18.
[40]
For example: Mr Douglas Steley, Submission 6, p. 6; Mr Robert
Shortridge, Submission 16, pp 4–5; Walking Wounded, Submission 18,
pp 4–5; Returned and Services League of Australia, Submission 19, pp 11,
14–15, 25–41; Australian Psychological Society, Submission 22, pp 10–12;
Dr Kieran Tranter, Submission 27, pp 30–40; Soldier On, Submission 29,
pp 8–9; Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 9; Alliance of Defence
Service Organisations, Submission 40, pp 2, 4–5; Name withheld, Submission
43, p. 2; Royal Australian Regiment Association, Submission 46, p.
2; Slater & Gordon, Submission 51, pp 13–15; Royal Australian
Armoured Corps Corporation, Submission 59, p. 4–6; Young and Well
Cooperative Research Centre, Submission 62, pp 7–8; Dr Kevin Kraushaar, Submission
64, p. 12; Name withheld, Submission 70, pp 5 –6; KCI Lawyers, Submission
71, p. 6; Mr Phil Hay, Submission 72, pp 1–9; Name withheld, Submission
79, pp 1–5.
[41]
Phoenix Australia, Submission 30, p. 9.
[42]
Ms Sue Campion, First Assistant Secretary, Health and Community Services
Division, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21
September 2015, p. 22.
[43]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 49.
[44]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 28.
[45]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 22.
[46]
Mr Shane Carmody, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Veterans'
Affairs, Committee Hansard, 21 September 2015, p. 23.
[47]
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Submission 35, p. 51.
[48]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 27.
[49]
Mr Geoff Evans, Ambassador and Founder, Homes for Heroes, RSL Lifecare, Committee
Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 1.
[50]
Name withheld, Submission 79, p. 3.
[51]
Mr Gary Norman, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 14.
[52]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 27.
[53]
Mr Geoff Evans, Ambassador and Founder, Homes for Heroes, RSL Lifecare, Committee
Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 1.
[54]
Mr Geoff Evans, Ambassador and Founder, Homes for Heroes, RSL Lifecare, Committee
Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 2.
[55]
Mr Lee Sarich, Committee Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 9.
[56]
Returned & Services League of Australia, Submission 19, p. 41.
[57]
Mr Geoff Evans, Ambassador and Founder, Homes for Heroes, RSL Lifecare, Committee
Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 4.
[58]
Mr Geoff Evans, Ambassador and Founder, Homes for Heroes, RSL Lifecare, Committee
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Hansard, 18 November 2015, p. 4.