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SenateThursday 20 August 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator McGRATH (Queensland) (15:00): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Veterans affairs minister Matt Keogh has lost the trust of the veterans community because he has treated them with contempt and without empathy. Now Labor parliamentarians are privately leaking to the media that Minister Keogh should be sacked, with one MP complaining about his refusal to meet with veterans in these terms: 'People deserve to be heard.

That's what we get paid for.' When will Prime Minister Albanese listen to the veterans community and his own Labor colleagues and sack Minister Keogh?

SourceSenate, Thursday 20 August 2026 — official recordTA-260820-senate-8b19557df891:s114