Shayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Defence Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

In an opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph yesterday, the Minister for Veterans' Affairs claimed I had refused to meet with ex-service organisation leaders who supported his national commissioner approach. This is simply untrue. I have had many meetings with ESO leaders, some of whom support a national commissioner approach. Many support a royal commission.

Secondly, the minister claimed I declined briefings on the national commissioner legislation. Again, that is untrue. I had a briefing on the legislation with officials of the Attorney-General's Department, who had carriage of the legislation, on 3 September last year. I think that veterans communities expect better from the minister.

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