Teddy Sheean VC battle rages on with PM in Lambie's sights after honours tribunal rebuke for Defence Minister

The head of a tribunal that recommended Tasmanian war hero Edward "Teddy" Sheean receive a posthumous Victoria Cross has accused the Defence Minister of "misrepresenting" the tribunal. Key points: Senator Jacqui Lambie says the "only thing stopping Teddy from getting the honour he deserves is the stubbornness of the bloke in the lodge" Despite the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal unanimously recommending Sheean receive a Victoria Cross, the Federal Government decided against it Tribunal chair Mark Sullivan said Defence Minister Linda Reynolds had misled the Senate over its findings Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie also took aim at Prime Minister Scott Morrison over the affair following last week's announcement the Government had decided Australia's highest wartime honour would not be awarded to Sheean. Despite the 11-member tribunal unanimously recommending Sheean receive a Victoria Cross after examining his bravery in 1942 in a special review last year, Senator Reynolds said the tribunal "did not present any new evidence that might support reconsideration of the valour inquiries recommendation". "I said in my statement that the 2019 review by the tribunal was a review of the 2013 Valour Inquiry's recommendation in relation to Ordinary Seaman Sheean," she said.