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| Subject: Excellent: OZschwitz Defence failed Diggers Sat Apr 21, 2012 3:27 am | |
| AUSTRALIA'S Defence hierarchy spent almost a decade failing veterans severely wounded in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hot spots around the globe, with a new document revealing scores of wounded Diggers ''falling through the gaps''.
The 280-page review of the Support for Injured or Ill Project, conducted from August to December 2010, will be publicly released by the Defence and Veterans' Affairs departments on Monday after a freedom of information application by the Herald.
The review found that while Defence had been good at providing immediate and trauma medical care to wounded, injured and ill members, there had been serious inadequacies in the processes of rehabilitation, compensation and, in many cases, transition to civilian life.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/defence-failed-diggers-20120420-1xcfs.html#ixzz1sepqivCc
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