"The clearly emotional Member for Calare called a press conference in Orange on Saturday, announcing he had convinced the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce to find more money to process veterans' compensation applications.
Mr Gee said there was a massive backlog of 60,000 unprocessed claims within his department, labelling it a "national disgrace", and said he had asked for $96 million to clear the waiting list by the middle of next year.
When he raised the matter with senior members of the government earlier, he was told he would only get about a quarter"
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