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

Thank you, Mr President, and I also humbly apologise to my relatives from Tasmania, who will be equally appalled at my comments. But perhaps I could return to the BEST funding, Senator Brown, from Tasmania. If you go back and ask the veterans in Tasmania what the outcome was of those dramatically reduced BEST funding arrangements, they will tell you that it has completely decimated the advocacy and welfare services in the state of Tasmania. And if you are really serious about assisting veterans, you will go back and make inquiries about what was done and you will find that what I told you is absolutely right. (Time expired)