MELBOURNE, Aug 15 — In socially distanced ceremonies across Australia that echoed a message of unity, politicians, veterans and ordinary people commemorated today the 75th anniversary of the day that brought the end of World War Two to the country. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and opposition...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Anthony Albanese laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, with a small group of veterans attending the national ceremony, subdued by the coronavirus pandemic.— AAP Image/Lukas Coch pic via Reuters
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Anthony Albanese laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, with a small group of veterans attending the national ceremony, subdued by the coronavirus pandemic. “Australia wasn’t alone. We stood with our allies and our friends, this was a global fight. All understood that if tyranny was not confronted together, eventually it would be confronted alone. True then, true today.”
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