Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do not have much time, so I just want to make a quick point. Yesterday, I attended a veterans barbecue in Darwin out in the rural area. It was great to speak with a number of veterans from the Vietnam war through to more recent conflicts.

One thing that they all stressed to me was that they were very keen to see the situation where the Northern Territory is not represented by a deputy commissioner rectified by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs at the first possible opportunity. Why should a veteran living in the Northern Territory, someone who has served this country, not have the same representation as someone in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane? Our veterans deserve to be represented here in Canberra, and I hope that that can be rectified by the minister at the earliest possible opportunity.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It being 2 pm, the time for members' statements has concluded.