Tuesday, 12 May 2026


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Anzac Day


Cindy McLEISH

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Anzac Day

 Cindy McLEISH (Eildon) (10:04): I want to thank the many students who laid wreaths on my behalf on Anzac Day at the services I could not get to: James Benton from Mansfield; Skye McLeod, who rode her horse to the service in Merrijig; Malakhi Taylor and Charlie Noble at Jamieson, assisted by Beau Berg, Mason Quilty and Rose Kapovic; Billie Birmingham at Alexandra; Xavier Jacobs at Flowerdale; Carl Brereton at the Kinglake dawn service; Irwin Huber, also at Kinglake; Mitchell Bevan in Marysville; Remi Hynes and Blake Lawrence at Kangaroo Ground; Nina Morgan in Hurstbridge; Evelyn Tully at Yarra Junction; Leshiah, known as Jada, from Worawa Aboriginal College, at the Healesville dawn service; and Vedra Liston-Lara and Aidan Deppeler from Badger Creek Primary School, also at Healesville.