Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I am advised that the government will provide $1.3 billion over the next four years to support front-line legal services to vulnerable Australians, but I cannot add anything further to my earlier comments that I will go back and look at the comments you are referring to. But, Senator, what you need to understand is that these advocacy and welfare services provided under BEST actually go to organisations right throughout the country. And guess what these organisations do? They actually provide assistance to veterans to help them process their claims and applications and work their way through issues they might have. All you did, Senator, in your government—