Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize
Dr KIEU (South Eastern Metropolitan) (10:53): The 25th of April every year is the occasion for the Anzac commemoration. For the event there is a prize called the Premier’s Spirit of Anzac Prize every year, and this year is the 12th occasion. In the past a group of high school students from throughout Victoria was taken to the Western Front, to Turkey and to other places where Australia has contributed during its history. This year the trip was to Vietnam and Singapore. Our colleague Ms Kaushaliya Vaghela accompanied the group of students to Vietnam. They were taken to Nui Dat, one of the places where Australians were, and also the famous Battle of Long Tan. I met the students in Singapore and presented a different view of the Vietnam War. We also laid a wreath at the war memorial cemetery at Kranji.