The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will hold public hearings in Wagga from November 28 to December 2nd.
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Former prime minister Scott Morrison announced the royal commission in April last year after more than 400,000 people signed a petition calling for him to do so.
Wagga RSL Sub-Branch president David Gardiner has previously said that holding hearings in Wagga would be a "good move" by the commission as the city has two military bases and a number of veterans and serving defence personnel living in the area.
Royal commission chairman Nick Kaldas said legal and procedural protections were already in place for those who assisted the inquiry.
"I want to make it clear that it is a criminal offence under the Royal Commissions Act to inflict any disadvantage on any person for giving evidence to the Royal Commission - or appearing before it, or producing a document to it," he said.
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