Commentary Another ANZAC Day (April 25) already fades into memory as I contemplate its powerful influence not only on our Australian history but on a much broader stage. When I was a boy in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I used to watch the Sydney parade every year, from start to finish. I must…

Australians have turned out in their tens of thousands around the country and overseas to attend solemn ANZAC Day dawn services to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli and honour the 1.5 million military personnel who have served the country in conflicts, war and peacekeeping operations. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, at the dawn…

Australians are being encouraged to reflect upon the nation’s involvement in the Korean War in the lead up to Anzac Day. Minister for Veterans Affairs Andrew Gee says Sunday marks the anniversary of the Battle of Kapyong, where 32 Australians lost their lives in the defence of the South Korean capital, Seoul. “I urge all Australians…

Commentary On April 25 two significant events stand out. They have parallels, yet occurred at different times, in different countries and involved different peoples—Australians, New Zealanders, Turks, and Chinese. What happened on April 25, 1915, at Gallipoli in Turkey, is well known to most Australians and New Zealanders. ANZAC Day remembers the sacrifices of 16,000…

Commentary Freedom of Speech, freedom to worship, to assemble, and to share ideas openly are the greatest prizes of Western Civilisation, envied by many other nations. These freedoms are the result of centuries of spiritual development and social struggle by people dedicated to push back the dark forces that inhabit the human soul. The spiritual…

Anzac Day, April 25, remembers the sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed at Gallipoli in 1915, and also commemorates the lives of Australians who died in the Second World War and in other military and peacekeeping operations. It is also an important day in Turkey commemorating the Turkish soldiers who…

A spokeswoman for Western Australia’s Returned and Services League, RSLWA, has said that ANZAC Day services will continue as planned, despite reports stating that WA Premier Mark McGowan’s COVID-19 restrictions have cancelled some events. The controversy began when WA Premier Mark McGowan told reporters on April 20 that restrictions for ANZAC Day ceremonies would remain…

Australian National Maritime Museum has recently acquired historical items relating to Operation Jaywick, an Allied commando raid in Japanese-occupied Singapore in World War II. The articles are now reunited with MV Krait, the original vessel of Operation Jaywick, which is on display at the Museum in Darling Harbour, Sydney. “The objects, a faux Japanese flag, medals and…

Newly appointed Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has overturned a decision to strip 3,000 soldiers of their citations after their service in Afghanistan. Last year, Chief of Defence Angus Campbell recommended the Meritorious Unit Citation be revoked for the Special Operations Task Group as a “collective punishment” after the release of a report that revealed…

Anzac day will see a return of the veterans marching through the streets of Sydney, with the New South Wales government and NSW Police reaching an agreement with the Returned Soldiers League (RSL) to allow the parade. The annual event, which celebrates Australia’s former and serving defence forces, was cancelled last year due to restrictions…