Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has said the Coalition will support "reasonable steps" the government takes in its response to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, following this morning's release of an interim report.
"It is a national tragedy and this is a problem that's been frankly decades in the making, back to the Vietnam War where people were treated very poorly when they came home," Dutton said.
"The way our country provides support to our veterans should be a source of national pride, not shame.
"I want to make sure we can support the government in every reasonable step they take to reducing and hopefully bringing to zero the numbers who seek to take their own lives."
Dutton called on the government to move the veterans' affairs portfolio back into cabinet after it was made a junior ministry.
He refused to be drawn on whether the Coalition, which had been in government from 2013 until this year's federal election, would take responsibility for issues faced by veterans, saying it was an issue which has "been going on for decades" and "is not about politics".
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