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May 10, 2023

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide – Statistics, 2023

Lots of data. Lots of questions. I thought I would trawl through some of it. Last updated 30th May 2023.

9th May 2023: Newsletter, Edition 17. Private Sessions

This was interesting.

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Note: A chart would be a bit wasted as there are only three key data points. Let us look at those in detail:

  • Of the 1,141 requests for private sessions by individuals, 159, or approximately 14% were considered ineligible. That is 159 people that were refused a private session without any explanation what would be considered an ‘ineligible request’.
    • Response: Eligibility for private sessions is limited to defence members and veterans who have lived experience of suicide behaviour or risk factors (including attempted or contemplated suicide, feelings of suicide or poor mental health outcomes). Those who are eligible can also be family members of defence members and veterans who have died by suicide, or who have supported a defence member or veteran with lived experience of suicide behaviour or risk factors. Those who are ineligible for a private session are still invited to make a submission, and we provide support to do so.
  • Of the 982 eligible requests, the Royal Commission has conducted 439 private sessions which equates to 44.7% of the total requirement. Not sure how they are going to conduct the remaining 543. Will be interesting to review this statistic early next year.
    • Response: Regarding refusals, ineligible requests have been received by professionals and organisations who support or have supported serving or ex-serving ADF members. We have also received ineligible requests from friends and colleagues of serving and ex-serving members, who wished to tell us their perspective on the experiences of the person they know. This information is also available on page 19 of the Commission’s Interim Report.

Bibliography

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Australian Government. Email, RE: Ineligible Requests for Private Sessions. Received 10.05.2023.

Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, Australian Government. Newsletter, Edition 17. Published 9.05.2023.

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April 14, 2023

57. Mefloquine Dispatches: Catch and Kill, 30th March 2023 (Final)

The top story for the latest Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide newsletter is an interesting one. The Royal Commissions Amendment (Enhancing Engagement) Regulations 2023 was signed off by General David Hurley (Ret) on the 30th March without much fanfare. It’s a fancy title for something known more simply as ‘Catch and Kill’.

The Royal Commission explains.

 

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To make sense of this legislation you need to understand what happened to former Playboy model, Karen McDougal. Here is a suggested piece via The Guardian. Prosecutors try to connect hush money scheme to other alleged Trump affairs. Excerpt:

The release of Donald Trump’s indictment on Tuesday confirmed the news that the 34 felony counts against the former president involved hush money payments to Stormy Daniels, the adult film star. But prosecutors also tried to connect that scheme to other extramarital affairs, including Trump’s alleged relationship with former Playboy model Karen McDougal.

As the Wall Street Journal first reported in 2016, the parent company of the National Enquirer, which endorsed Trump’s first presidential bid, agreed to pay McDougal $150,000 for her story about an alleged affair with Trump beginning in 2006. But the tabloid ultimately did not publish McDougal’s account, effectively quashing the story in an industry tactic known as “catch and kill”.

Make of that, what you will…

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