29th Mar 2017, 4:18 PM – Senate Motions - Returned and Services League of Australia (New South Wales Branch) - Financial + structural problems

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie (Tas), which means the motion failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) draws to the attention of the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, the Honourable Dan Tehan MP, the work of the CEO of the RSL NSW, Mr Glenn Kolomeitz, in exposing the financial misconduct and poor governance at the State Council Level of RSL NSW, and notes that he has been under attack by his own organisation;

(b) calls on the RSL NSW State Council and its caretaker management team to allow Mr Kolomeitz to get on with the job that he was asked to do – fixing RSL NSW’s financial and structural problems and developing funding and welfare projects so as to support veterans and their families that are doing it tough; and

(c) acknowledges that the RSL needs younger veterans within the organisation to make sure it is relevant, and to allow Mr Kolomeitz to provide for the ongoing care, compensation, and commemoration of serving and ex-serving defence force personnel and their families.