Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Victory in the Pacific Day

John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (13:28): I have three matters to raise today. On 15 August we celebrated the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day, the end of the Second World War and the surrender of Japan. I was privileged to attend the commemoration at the Shrine of Remembrance and lay a wreath on behalf of the Minister for Veterans in the other place, Minister Suleyman, to pay my respect to those who served our country. The day Japan surrendered was a day that many people would not have thought would happen, but for anybody who was there it was a day that they would never forget. We must never forget the sacrifices made in that war, because the world that we enjoy today is one that was only made possible by that victory.