Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

acknowledge that:

(a)

it is now 42 years since the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne disaster;

(b)

Australian defence force personnel who served on the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne have suffered ongoing psychological stress and trauma as a result of their experiences;

(c)

many survivors from HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne have sought compensation for psychological stress and trauma that has manifested itself in later life;

(d)

the delays in settling these cases is causing further stress to survivors of HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne disaster; and

(e)

in some cases the delays in settling the case have lead to the cases being heard after the survivor of the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne collision has died; and

(2)

call on the Government to do everything within its power to expedite the legal proceedings of the survivors of the HMAS Voyager and HMAS Melbourne.

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