2015-11-18
Today Greens spokesperson for Veterans' Affairs, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson attended the fourth public hearing of the Senate Inquiry into Veterans' mental health in Narrabeen Sydney.
The Homes for Heroes program from RSL Lifecare provided the backdrop and Geoff Evans, director of the program and a veteran himself who featured heavily in the related Four Corners episode, provided evidence to the hearing.
Senator Whish-Wilson established the Inquiry following shocking revelations about the prevalence of mental illness, suicide and substance abuse amongst our defence force personnel returning from deployments and other service.
Today's hearing highlighted the challenges of Veterans homelessness and Senators heard directly from residents at Homes for Heroes.