QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr KEOGH (Burt—Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel) (14:28): I thank the member for his question, and I recognise his real dedication to these issues, of course from his own service and the great work he does, particularly in his community of Townsville, which is a key garrison city for our country. I have had engagements with Renee, as you mentioned.

She does great work through her guild and the work that she does to support our veteran families. I've had many engagements with her. We've been clear, when we announced the changes to allied health to improve access, that we would also be consulting with the veteran community around how we would ensure that there's no gap in service provision to our veteran community as a result of these changes.

We've been very clear about that, and we'll be starting that soon. As I mentioned in question time yesterday that will involve a discussion paper. I haven't had a direct conversation with her about the discussion paper, but we really look forward to seeing all of that feedback come in as part of that process, including from Renee and her organisation and the many other ex-service organisations around the country.