Julian Hill (Bruce, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will say at the outset that I am proud to follow the previous member for Bruce in this place in many regards but in particular in relation to the Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Digital Readiness and Other Measures) Bill 2016 because, as the House knows, he was an outstanding Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Even those opposite, I know, acknowledge and regard highly his contribution in his time as Minister for Veterans' Affairs. He is a self-deprecating person, as you know. Indeed, he had a theory, he has a line, that people kept voting for him only because they had never met him. But it is true to say that, as I see when I move around the RSLs and the veterans communities in my electorate, he is much loved. He is genuinely loved around the RSLs for his care and regard.

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