Impassioned Jacqui Lambie reveals health struggle as she condemns Labor’s ‘callous disregard for veterans’

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Independent senator urges prime minister to reconsider, arguing $5,000 cap for allied health services did not go far enough

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Jacqui Lambie has slammed Labor over its controversial $5,000 cap for allied health services for veterans, and accused it of a “callous disregard for veterans’ health and wellbeing”.

The independent Tasmanian senator told the Senate in a fiery speech on Wednesday of her own medical battles, and said the department of veterans affairs had shown “no duty of care”.

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Impassioned Jacqui Lambie reveals health struggle as she condemns Labor’s ‘callous disregard for veterans’

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