Greens say full story of war not being told
As the name of another Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan was released today, the Australian Greens were calling for more thorough reporting of the human costs of the war. The Government has said that it will review the way that the defence department reports on wounds and injuries sustained in the Afghanistan war, after The Greens claimed that the figures weren’t doing justice to soldiers who put themselves in harm’s way. A freedom of information request by the West Australian newspaper found that the number of soldiers suffering from wounds or injuries sustained in the war is much higher than the figure of 184 wounded soldiers cited by the Defence department. The Greens say that the Defence Department should be less cagey about the costs of war, and they’re calling for more comprehensive figures covering all the impacts on the health of returned soldiers.