Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

While the Liberals were using defence as a political fundraiser, the backlog in veterans' claims—that is, claims which no-one had even looked at—was about 20,000. A year later, as the Top Gun music was playing, that number had risen to more than 30,000, and by the time of those opposite left government that number stood at more than 40,000. This has been described as a stain on the former government—

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