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

I can advise the honourable senator that next week I will be writing to some 42½ thousand Australians who registered for the ballot—both the successful and the unsuccessful. There will be those who will understandably be disappointed. There will be those who have asked to be put on a waiting list, and they will still be involved in the ballot. I want to confirm that there will be only four politicians attending Gallipoli next year: the Prime Minister; me, as the responsible minister; whoever the new shadow veterans spokesperson will be; and presumably the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten—or Paul Howes or whoever might be Leader of the Opposition at that stage.

Access to the peninsula will be restricted as a result of these events. There will be no alternative— (Time expired)