Years of frustration had boiled over for a pensioner when he confronted the Prime Minister at a New South Wales pub.
Ray Drury mentioned he was sober however fed up when he gave Scott Morrison a roasting on the Edgeworth Tavern final night time in entrance of a big media contingent.
"When it is stewing up and all the pieces like that over 12 years, and getting rejected, not even listened to, properly then in fact I'll take that chance," Mr Drury informed NBN Information.
The 73-year-old mentioned he retired after he labored within the mining business for 30 years.
He receives weekly compensation from the Mud Illness Board by way of iCare.
Nevertheless, he mentioned that cost had eaten into his pension.
"I've obtained prostate most cancers, I've obtained tumours, asbestos tumours," he mentioned.
"And being ignored by everybody, once I've obtained a proper to earn earnings too."
The Newcastle resident claimed he had misplaced greater than $70,000 due to the oversight.
He mentioned he had reached out to dozens of MPs who have not listened to him.
"Why would not I get upset? Each week I get $200 taken out of my pension," he mentioned.
The Prime Minister's workplace mentioned it could look into the problems raised by Mr Drury and confirmed authorities representatives would converse with him straight to succeed in an answer.
"I reckon it should occur, as a result of I'm gonna comply with this round, each place the place the Liberals go," Mr Drury mentioned.