QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator ASKEW (Tasmania—Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate) (14:17): Another reader said her father had been waiting since October for a package your government assessed he needs. When Labor came to office, the wait was 30 to 90 days. It is now 12 months. In her father's words, 'By the time I get the help, I'll be bloody dead.' Minister, what do you say to him?