Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

It will be less than a minute. I am grateful for the indication of support for the principle of changes to require the department to adhere to time limits in dealing with military compensation claims. This has been triggered by the awful way that Veronica Wadley was treated. I will not be able to speak to these matters. I did speak with Minister Snowdon earlier today and he did indicate that he will be tabling some undertakings in respect of this, but I am very grateful to Senator Ronaldson for the matters that he has raised. This is a farce. I am not going to be able to deal with these matters. It will not do justice to Veronica Wadley and what she went through, and this must never, ever happen again in this chamber. This really is a disgrace when we are dealing with such important legislation.