Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Lambie, I obviously cannot guarantee that every veteran who makes a claim for legal aid will get legal aid, because, as I have indicated to you, there is a merit assessment, which you would expect there to be. That is not a decision that the government makes; that is a decision that is made in the relevant legal aid commissions around Australia, as it is done for everybody else.