
Stuart McCarthy
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Retired army officer. Speaker of truth to power. Spins a good yarn @MichaelWestBiz. Op ed bylines @canberratimes @australian @dailytelegraph etc. Views my own.
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https://michaelwest.com.au/author/stuart-mccarthy/ 25-12-2015 15:17:46
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The Final Battle - A 40min listen on Podcast or BBC Radio 4 File on 4 tonight at 8pm & tomorrow at 11am focused on the unexpected fight that ensues if you become Wounded Injured or Sick due to service. #Battlefieldathome TY Vicky Carter for covering. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…


Phil Thompson was one of our biggest barriers in the campaign to make this Royal Commission happen. He basically ran Scott Morrison's stonewalling campaign, using every cynical political stunt in the book. Somebody should shove the report up his backside. townsvillebulletin.com.au/news/herbert-m…


Going through the fine print of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report, the person who decided to discontinue the neurocognitive health program was Major General Liz Cosson (rtd). A conscious decision was made to keep pushing affected veterans down the path of PTSD misdiagnosis and


Going through the fine print of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide final report, the person who decided to discontinue the neurocognitive health program was Major General Liz Cosson (rtd). A conscious decision was made to keep pushing affected veterans down the path of PTSD misdiagnosis and


Stuart McCarthy Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Strange is it not. Footy players are now known to suffer brain injury & impairment. But not ADF members who have blast exposure. Can't make this shit up

Another example of the toxic Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs's continued disdain for the veterans and families they're supposed to be helping: media responses from an anonymous departmental spokesperson. I don't know why journos print this rubbish if it's not attributed by name. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-1…

🚨 For every GP and primary health care provider with patients or clients who have served in the Australian Defence Force (please share widely). On Monday, the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide recommended Defence and DVA implement a brain injury program, to include serving and ex-serving ADF




“We need to take this once-in-a-generation opportunity to structure things more comprehensively, looking beyond the military compensation and rehabilitation acts as they are.” Jacqui Van de Velde on Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide and the band-aid bill. regionriverina.com.au/pro-patria-cen…

Stuart McCarthy Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide Absolutely floored by this finding. To discontinue was a decisions made in isolation of the steering committee overseeing this program. And with no consultation. Shocking.