Yeah! Another legacy of the Howard years now having to be fixed by Labor along with a myriad of other issues. Howard was all huff and puff in sending our finest into battle but not very good in providing support when they paid the ultimate price in serving our country. My understanding is the widow concerned received $100,000 but the weekly support is only $305 for our war widows. All those boom years, Afghanistan and Iraq and Howard left our defence forces in the lurch. The Government I understand has responded that this is a priority issue for attention on behalf of all war widows.
