The campaign is now on Hansard.

Update on the campaign against the $5,000 DVA allied health cap.

The petition is now on Hansard.

Since the Budget on 12 May, the cap has been raised in the House of Representatives four times by Coalition and LNP MPs. Phillip Thompson OAM MP put the question on the public record: "What happens when you run out of your $5,000 cap?" Mary Aldred MP stated: "I oppose this cap; it is why the Liberal and National parties oppose this cap." David Batt MP reported dozens of constituent emails and a veterans protest planned in Bundaberg.

In Senate Estimates on 2 June, Senator Jacqui Lambie disclosed she has personally exhausted $5,000 in 10 weeks managing chronic back pain, and grilled the DVA Secretary on the cap. The Department admitted on the record that the "demonstrated clinical need" exemption mechanism has not yet been designed, and that consultation will not begin until August.

I am the Principal Petitioner of the House of Representatives e-petition opposing this cap. Over 25 federal MPs and senators have now been personally written to, including the Minister and Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs, every Queensland senator (other than One Nation's lead senator), the Greens leadership and portfolio holders, the cross-bench, and every House MP who has spoken publicly. The Standing Committee on Petitions has confirmed receipt and certification is expected this month, or August at the latest.

The Government is hoping you will move on. Don't.

Sign the petition: https://c.org/9Xbjm9h5Yf
Send the template letter to your federal MP: bit.ly/vet5000cap (click, hit "Make a copy", fill in your details, send).
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