Louise Markus (Greenway, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs. Will the minister confirm to this House that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs is spending $1.3 million on a consultancy to provide an upmarket executive leadership program and that his department has spent an additional $10,000 on a separate consultancy to ‘plan and coordinate the Department of Veterans’ Affairs sports carnival’? Minister, why then has the Department of Veterans’ Affairs cut $1.3 million from the budget of the Australian War Memorial, forcing the War Memorial to seek commercial sponsorship for the last post ceremony, one of our most sacred rituals, which commemorates Australians who have given and continue to give their lives for us? Minister, what does this say about this government’s priorities?

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