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

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans' Affairs. The Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide found serious issues with the quality, timeliness and effectiveness of health care provided to our veterans. An analysis of over 400 veteran suicides done for the commissioners identified 'a lack of timely access' to mental and physical health services and disparity in medical fees as a core problem. They also pointed to Defence's complex accounting system, ill defined authority and lack of accountability. Can the minister please give me clear examples of what the government has put in place to address the mental health issue of suicide for Australian veterans?