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Invictus Australia budget cut labelled potentially 'life-threatening'
Key takeaways
- Veterans are concerned they will continue to struggle mentally without the assistance of Invictus Australia after the latest budget cut.
- The federal government has cut funding worth almost $3 million per year to Invictus Australia.
- Veterans say the budget cut could be life-threatening as it means withdrawing support to injured and mentally ill veterans.
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Veterans are concerned they will continue to struggle mentally without the assistance of Invictus Australia after the latest budget cut. (Supplied)
The federal government has cut funding worth almost $3 million per year to Invictus Australia.
Veterans say the budget cut could be life-threatening as it means withdrawing support to injured and mentally ill veterans.
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