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

The answer to your second question is no. In relation to the first part of your question, in May of this year the Australian War Memorial was advised that, because of the requirement to fund other initiatives, this program was under review. Some of those initiatives, Senator Conroy, you might be interested in. A part of them is engagement with the 72,000 contemporary veterans who have served this nation since 1999. You should be aware, Senator Conroy, that we are trying to ensure that the mistakes that this nation made post-Vietnam are not repeated for these men and women. We are determined to ensure that they have the best access to mental health services, they know what mental health services are being provided and we are engaging these contemporary veterans in a fora that they understand—that is social media and other— (Time expired)