Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Anzac Day

Mr TAYLOR (Bayswater) (19:23): (6315) I wish to raise a matter for the Minister for Veterans. The action I seek is that the minister join me for what is a beautiful Anzac ceremony put on by the Boronia K–12 College in my electorate. One of the greatest honours I have in my role is representing the state government at local Anzac services across our community, and indeed I am looking forward to attending the dawn service at the Boronia RSL, which is always such a respectful and solemn occasion.

Of course last year I was also lucky enough to be invited to the Boronia K–12 service and even had the honour of speaking at it. And let me say, I was absolutely blown away at their service last year. It included children as young as three all the way through to adulthood sitting in absolute silence and showing the respect and dignity required of the occasion. It was truly a sight to behold. The service also included two wonderful musical performances from students as well as students dressed in traditional service men and women’s uniforms from previous conflicts our veterans have been in. The gentleman that led the ceremony, Wayne Robinson, gave an excellent explanation of the parts of the service to give all of those in the audience a greater understanding and respect for the occasion and for our fallen heroes. To finish, the last post was played and the national anthem sung and a cannon salute was also conducted.

I am indeed proud to be a member of the Boronia RSL and to support our local veterans community and of course to play my part in supporting that important community, and I am so proud that our school community is doing exactly that as well. I am hoping to have the minister see the wonderful service put on by the school for himself, and I thank the minister for his consideration of my matter.