06/03/2026
As many of you may know we are passionate about supporting our veterans.
So when a good mate recently needed support , the treatment he received or lack of absolutely had my blood boiling.
And not wanting to hear about yet another veteran taking their life.
I begged him to seek support .
The below is a email i sent to around 20 plus organisations , pollitians, media sources.
Being a subject that seems to be in the too hard basket, as not many people in power wanna talk about a suicidal veteran thats asking for help and being turned away.
Can inform you that the ONLY person , to reply Pauline Hanson's Please ExplaintPauline Hanson's One Nation Partyase Explain Pauline Hanson's One Nation Partyanson's One Nation Party .
The only person to call and ask how my mate was doing.
If you care , respect, and appreciate what our veterans sacrifice, please share this post or feel free copy and paste the below content. Send to media, politicians , and anyone you think might listen.
Our veterans deserve better
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To whom may care
I’m writing as a veteran regarding a mate I served with in the Australian Army.
He is a veteran on a DVA Gold Card pension. He suffers from PTSD and other serious mental health conditions and has a history of su***de attempts. Over the past three weeks, he has been deteriorating significantly.
After a lot of conversation, I convinced him to make the four-hour drive to Brisbane to seek help and admit himself for mental health support.
He presented to the Emergency Department at Greenslopes Hospital and was told there were no beds available and nothing could be done.
When he called me distressed and with nowhere to go, I advised him to remain in the hospital foyer. On advice from the CEO of a veterans’ organisation, I then had to call 000 so an ambulance could attend a veteran sitting in a hospital waiting area because there were no mental health beds available.
The ambulance transported him to Belmont Hospital, where again he was told there were no beds. He was then taken to the PA Hospital, only to be told the same thing.
This is a veteran actively seeking help. A veteran with known mental health conditions. A veteran with prior su***de attempts. And the system has effectively told him there is nowhere for him to go.
We have spent millions of dollars on Royal Commissions into veteran su***de. We constantly speak about “supporting our veterans.” Yet when a veteran finally puts his hand up and asks for help, “sorry , there’s no beds available.
The hard truth is this: we are losing more veterans to su***de at home during peacetime than we lost in many of our overseas conflicts. That should shame every level of government.
What is the point of awareness campaigns and inquiries if the frontline services cannot absorb the people they are designed to protect?
I have spoken with the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs office today. They were respectful, listened, and have taken details to follow up. But this issue is bigger than one office.
This is about capacity. This is about accountability. And this is about whether we as a country actually mean what we say when we claim to support our veterans.
I’m asking you to raise this publicly. Veterans who are suicidal should not be turned away from multiple hospitals in our country.
How many more need to fall through the cracks before something changes?
Regards,
A Veteran
