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

I've already heard from veterans around the country that are up in arms, that they've already written this off as a stitch-up. I'm telling you what's coming from them: no trust. You've got a real problem here already and we haven't even got the interim commissioner started. Doesn't this government realise that in order for the interim commissioner to have any positive impact whatsoever it needs to have the confidence and support of the community it seeks to serve, especially veterans and families who have lost their own sons and daughters? Why did you not appoint someone independent of the institutions they're charged with investigating? (Time expired)