Senate debates
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
Questions without Notice
Veterans
2:31 pm
Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source
Senator Lambie, I'll have to come back to you on the second contractor. I don't have that information with me. But I will say that we do seek to improve access to healthcare services. That includes the information I provided earlier about the $58.3 million over three years to strengthen mental health support for veterans across a continuum of care. I also understand that the Department of Veterans' Affairs is updating a fee schedule for report writing—this has been an area of difficulty for many people—to ensure that payments for reports are more consistent with other equivalent jurisdictions and better reflect actual cost to practitioners.
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