Veterans' suicides: 2024 is too late to clear compensation claim backlog, campaigner says

Finn McHugh
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Updated August 12 2022 - 8:58am, first published August 11 2022 - 5:30pm
Julie-Ann Finney says compensation claims should be paid out immediately. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Julie-Ann Finney says compensation claims should be paid out immediately. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The mother who led the campaign for a royal commission into defence suicides says a 2024 deadline to clear a backlog of compensation cases is too late and injured veterans must be paid out immediately.

Finn McHugh

Finn McHugh

Federal Political Reporter

Finn McHugh has been federal political reporter for The Canberra Times since July 2021. He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive producer of Sky News's AM Agenda, before joining NCA NewsWire as a federal political reporter. He has previously interned at the Kuwait Times.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal Politics Reporter

Dan covers federal politics from Parliament House, with a special focus on climate policy and the NDIS. He has previously reported on ACT politics and urban affairs since joining the Canberra Times in 2018.

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