QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator CANAVAN (Queensland—Leader of the Nationals) (14:15): Minister, Dr Nelson also said this morning that the Minister for Veterans' Affairs told them: … he was missing an appointment with the Governor-General, which he was very upset about. Why did Labor's veterans' affairs minister think that a meeting at Government House was more important than listening to veterans in distress over your government's decision to cap their allied health services at $5,000 per year.