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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have attended Anzac Day Dawn Services to mark the 110th anniversary of the devastating Gallipoli landings in World War One. Both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader will suspend campaigning for the May 3 election on Friday as Australians honour those who have served their country in war and peacetime. Mr Albanese was at the national service at the War Memorial in Canberra, while Mr Dutton attended a service in his electorate of Dickson in northern Brisbane. In his dedication to the Anzacs, the Prime Minister said “their spirit” was still felt to this day. ... Read more

Australian sleep health giant Resmed has locked down an exemption from Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs. Resmed produces sleep apnoea machines and accompanying technology in Singapore and Australia, and the $49bn company confirmed this week its existing tariff exemption will continue in the US. Resmed was founded in Sydney in 1989, is now based in California, but is listed on both the ASX and Nasdaq. The company is the fourth largest healthcare firm on the ASX. On the US market, it is worth more than Lululemon and eBay. A global agreement protecting equipment that helps people with disabilities has exempt ... Read more

It’s a national icon and a historical treat, but what even is an Anzac biscuit and where do they come from? Before they were golden, chewy icons dunked in tea, Anzac biscuits were a bit of a mystery – and possibly a gingery mistake. According to new research from genealogy company Ancestry, 42 per cent of Australians say they don’t know where it originated. As part of a bid to unveil its origins, Ancestry revealed the earliest documented recipe of the iconic biscuit dating back to 1916. Created by Mrs Sutherland from WA, it is a far cry from the ... Read more

The crowd at the War Memorial where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was for Anzac Day have clashed, as Peter Dutton laid a wreath in Queensland. Mr Albanese spoke to thousands at the Dawn Service in Canberra, and the Opposition leader was in his own electorate of Dickson. FOLLOW MORE UPDATES BELOW Originally published as Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton take part in Anzac Day Dawn Services Source link

The Labor candidate exposed for sharing doctored images of Peter Dutton wearing a fake Nazi uniform previously backed calls to mark Anzac Day by reflecting on the plight of refugees in offshore detention. Labor’s candidate for Dickson, Ali France, also shared social media posts revealing she was “ashamed to be an Australian” because of the ongoing detention of asylum seekers. News.com.au has obtained new social media posts where Ms France shared posts that weighed in on the 2017 controversy regarding author and activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied. In a Facebook post on Anzac Day, Ms Abdel-Magied took aim at offshore detention. “LEST. ... Read more

For an agonising 12 months, Eva Bullwinkel knew nothing of her daughter Vivian’s fate. Letters written to her “darling girl” went unopened and unanswered – each marked “return to sender” or “delivery impracticable”. Eva Bullwinkel’s “darling girl” was Vivian Bullwinkel, whose heroics during World War 2 would go on to become the stuff of legends. But for more than a year, Mrs Bullwinkel was left wracked with worry in her Kings Park, Adelaide home. The letters from Mrs Bullwinkel – and thousands of others sent by loved ones in Australia but unable to be delivered – were processed by those ... Read more

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have attended Anzac Day Dawn Services on Friday morning, which this year commemorates the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings. The Prime Minister was at the official Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Monuments around the memorial have been lit up with projections from contemporary conflicts since 5am. Moving and confronting from diaries and first hand accounts of World War I were also read out prior to the official service, which began with the playing of the didgeridoo. While the instrument is not customarily played on Ngunnawal country, event organisers were able ... Read more

Thousands of Australians will gather in the dark this morning at the Australian War Memorial for the Anzac Day Dawn Service, commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing. This service will be one of hundreds across the nation commemorating Anzac Day, and those who have served the nation in times of peace and war. Wreaths have been laid at the Cenotaph at Martin Place in Sydney as part of the Dawn Service, and both English and traditional Maori hymns sung to commemorate Australia and New Zealand’s soldiers. Dawn services are also taking place at the Shrine of Remembrance in ... Read more

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