Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Just so we're all clear, this morning in Tasmania there was a veteran who had just come out of a coma. He got out of the service in 2012 and spent five years fighting the Department of Veterans' Affairs. We're very grateful that, today, he's finally come out of his coma from trying to take his own life. And you want 90 more days? You stand at a cenotaph like you give a stuff about these veterans. We're all talking about time lines here, and you're sitting in here talking some crap about how you want 90 days. Do you know what this committee had to go through—the harrowing stories that we had to hear to come out with these 24 recommendations? And you want to talk about 90 days. I simply want to know why you are bothering with changing legislation before the Productivity Commission can get in there and show what they can do to simplify the legislative framework. The minister does not need to give permission for that. All you need to do is clear that recommendation through.