Federal government backflips on controversial decision impacting a VC recipient’s family

The federal government has backflipped on the decision to strip the allowance for the family of Cameron Baird, a Victoria Cross recipient who lost his life in Afghanistan.

It was described as a “terrible example of penny pinching” by Tom Elliott when the news came to light last week, but Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Matt Keogh has reversed the decision.

Press PLAY to hear Doug Baird, the father of Cameron Baird VC, react to the decision

“The outcome the certainly palatable,” Baird said on 3AW Mornings.

“To get to this sort of situation though was a little bit hard to understand.”

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