QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator LAMBIE (Tasmania) (14:31): These exemptions do not protect veterans who require ongoing allied health treatment to manage serious service related injuries. Those who are working, who are saving DVA a weekly payment, are not excluded, and those who have had major operations, where it could take them six months if not 12 months to get back on their feet with all the rehabilitation and all the allied health workers that they need—my question is: how many of those are in the system?