Alan Griffin (Bruce, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As the shadow minister would be aware, it is very difficult for me to debate the issues of an individual’s circumstances without having access to them and without having their approval. If the gentleman is facing the sorts of consequences which you have outlined—and I believe you to be telling truth; I am not questioning that in any way, shape or form—the bottom line is he should be assessed as to whether he is being provided with the medical care that he needs. He should be assessed correctly around his circumstances and his availability for work. If he has PTSD and the various other conditions you have mentioned and gets to the stage where he is unable to work, on the basis of those descriptions he would be someone who ought to be seriously considered for a significant level of disability rate pension.

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