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Oct 27, 2026
Milton DickMODERATOR
The Member for Kennedy will get the call.
Milton DickMODERATOR
So I'd like to inform the House that present the Gallery Day of Representatives of Wounded Heroes Australia, the charity that supports current and former Australian Defence Force members, veterans and their families, requiring practical assistance, located in the Member for Blair's electorate.
Milton DickMODERATOR
And also I'd like to welcome the Most Reverend Jeremy Greaves, the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, as a guest of the Member for Griffith.
Milton DickMODERATOR
Now I give the call to the Honourable Member for Kennedy.
1 HR 1 MIN LATER
Milton DickMODERATOR
Call to the Minister for Veterans Affairs and the Minister for Defence Personnel.
Matt KeoghPANELIST
Well, thank you, Speaker, and I thank the member for Spence for his question.
Matt KeoghPANELIST
Of course, I acknowledge his service in our Australian Defence Force and his work as the co-chair of Parliamentary Friends of Veterans as well.
Matt KeoghPANELIST
And I would like to acknowledge Wounded Heroes, who are here in the Parliament today and we have a function with a bit later today, because the Albanese Labor government has a proven record of investing in and driving an ambitious reform agenda to benefit and support our veteran community and their families.
Christy LloydHOST
The Prime Minister has consistently defended Labor's decision to award the grant and is playing down his personal connections to the club.
Christy LloydHOST
Australian Defence Force personnel based at Victoria Barracks in Sydney are still preparing for a Christmas eviction.
Christy LloydHOST
This is despite New South Wales Premier Chris Minns calling on the federal government to scrap its plan to sell the historic site.
Christy LloydHOST
Politicians across the spectrum, including former Prime Minister John Howard, rallied against the proposal over the weekend.
Mark LevyHOST
Do you think those serving in Wagga Wagga or Williamstown or even Richmond are going to make the effort? or be released to travel to the CBD.
Mark LevyHOST
Not making such courses accessible will clearly affect the moral and indeed capability of ADF units.
Mark LevyHOST
But this is clearly not a consideration.
Mark LevyHOST
The overriding imperative is simply justifying the lease of Defence Plaza.
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Mark LevyHOST
And they just think they can sell it off.
Mark LevyHOST
Richard Marles had the high to suggest, oh, it's just a wine cellar for the generals.
Mark LevyHOST
It's just an absolute smack in the face for all of those veterans who have worn that Australian ADF uniform.
Mark LevyHOST
It's an absolute bloody disgrace.
Mark LevyHOST
Do you think those serving in Wagga Wagga or Williamstown or even Richmond are going to make the effort? or be released to travel to the CBD.
Mark LevyHOST
Not making such courses accessible will clearly affect the moral and indeed capability of ADF units.
Mark LevyHOST
But this is clearly not a consideration.
Mark LevyHOST
The overriding imperative is simply justifying the lease of Defence Plaza.
29 MINS LATER
Mark LevyHOST
And they just think they can sell it off.
Mark LevyHOST
Richard Marles had the high to suggest, oh, it's just a wine cellar for the generals.
Mark LevyHOST
It's just an absolute smack in the face for all of those veterans who have worn that Australian ADF uniform.
Mark LevyHOST
It's an absolute bloody disgrace.
Tim WebsterHOST
Now, those who are supporting Victoria keeping the barracks, should be aware that they're already packing boxes at Victoria Barracks and they've been told they have to go before Christmas to, some of them are going to the barracks at Randwick and some to the building in town, which is owned by Singaporeans and mortgaged by a Chinese bank.
Tim WebsterHOST
Now that's where the Australian Defence Force is and Richard Miles told the Parliament that's only 60% occupied.
Tim WebsterHOST
Now, you'd have to do the numbers and maybe someone smarter than me can do the numbers of what we're paying in rent.
Tim WebsterHOST
This is the Australian people, of course, via the government for that building in the CBD in Sydney.
Richard MarlesPANELIST
We were spending not hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintaining it, but hundreds of millions.
Richard MarlesPANELIST
We undertook an independent audit of the entire defence estate to properly understand what defence needed and what it didn't, so that we could make sure the defence estate properly grounded the work of the Australian Defence Force.
Richard MarlesPANELIST
I'd invite the member to read what those independent auditors said, not just about Victoria Barrack Sydney but about the management of the Defence Estate in total.
Richard MarlesPANELIST
It's actually damning of successive governments in terms of facing up to the fact that the Defence Estate has not been maintained in terms of what is needed for our future defence.
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Pat ConroyPANELIST
The good news is, these are the sorts of capabilities that we intend to offer for AUKUS Pillar 2 with its first marquee mission for payloads and sensors for autonomous systems.
Pat ConroyPANELIST
and they're a great example of our sovereign defence industrial base.
Pat ConroyPANELIST
This is a great example of Aussie know-how making this country safer, helping equip the Australian Defence Force and producing thousands of well-paid, high-skilled jobs for Australians doing the most advanced manufacturing work in the world.
Pat ConroyPANELIST
Speaker, this truly is a defence future made in Australia, led by the Albanese Labor government.
Daniel BaldryGUEST
Pornography was probably the biggest soul killer.
Daniel BaldryGUEST
Very normalised within the ADF and within the world today.
Daniel BaldryGUEST
The counsellor said, oh, why don't you just try watching it together?
RiaGUEST
Yeah, that was really hot.
KingsleyHOST
which we're going to go to.
KingsleyHOST
But before we get there and to why this is such a passion for you, why did you join the Forces? Where were you? What did you do? How did you get there? So,
Daniel BaldryGUEST
yeah, I've got a history within my family of the Forces, the ADF, and, you know, I was brought up listening to war stories and things like that with my dad and stuff like that.
Daniel BaldryGUEST
So, yeah.
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Wayne BemetHOST
And options are worth more than money because you can earn money back.
Wayne BemetHOST
When you leave defence, a set of decisions gets made about your financial structure, whether you make them or not, what happens to your MSBS or ADF super, and how your invalidity benefits are set up and taxed.
Wayne BemetHOST
what form your compensation tax.
Wayne BemetHOST
And we did a whole episode on in-caps versus SRDP with Steve a little while ago.
Mark LevyHOST
Richard Miles had the hide to suggest, oh, it's just a wine cellar for the generals.
Mark LevyHOST
It's just an absolute smack in the face for all of those veterans who have worn that Australian ADF uniform.
Mark LevyHOST
It's an absolute bloody disgrace.
Dave SharmaGUEST
Very strong words, Mark, but I agree with you.
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