5 years ago
THREE MONTHS ON AND VETERANS STILL WAITING
AMANDA RISHWORTH MP
It has now been three months since the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade handed down its report into the ‘Use of the Quinoline anti-malarial drugs Mefloquine and Tafenoquine in the Australian Defence Force’and the government is still yet to respond.
Labor established this Inquiry after members of the serving and ex-service community continued to raise their concerns around the side effects from some anti-malarial drugs which were taken during their service.
This inquiry provided a transparent and thorough investigation into the concerns of the use of Quinoline anti-malarial drugs in the ADF.
The government, along with the Greens and the crossbench all supported Labor’s call to establish this inquiry.
However, three months later and the government have been on the go-slow to respond to this critical report and its 14 recommendations.
Many of those in the serving and ex-service community have been eagerly anticipating the government’s response to this critical report and making them wait three months is not good enough from this government. This is a government quick to act when it thinks it can get a headline – so the inaction has to be deliberate.
Labor calls on the government to immediately release their response to this report.
Labor established this Inquiry after members of the serving and ex-service community continued to raise their concerns around the side effects from some anti-malarial drugs which were taken during their service.
This inquiry provided a transparent and thorough investigation into the concerns of the use of Quinoline anti-malarial drugs in the ADF.
The government, along with the Greens and the crossbench all supported Labor’s call to establish this inquiry.
However, three months later and the government have been on the go-slow to respond to this critical report and its 14 recommendations.
Many of those in the serving and ex-service community have been eagerly anticipating the government’s response to this critical report and making them wait three months is not good enough from this government. This is a government quick to act when it thinks it can get a headline – so the inaction has to be deliberate.
Labor calls on the government to immediately release their response to this report.