The rate of veteran suicide and homelessness, and the way in which it is recorded, continues to raise significant concerns within the veterans’ community and the general public more broadly. The lack of comprehensive data or the ‘under-reporting’ of veterans’ suicide has been of particular concern. As part of its mental health policy, Labor has committed to working with the States and Territories to build an accurate picture of deaths by suicide and suicide attempts and agree to a national minimum data set for suicide prevention.
for limiting the welfare state, for example public funding for social services or social security, e.g. private care before state care