Tuesday, 12 November 2024

 Rikkie-Lee TYRRELL (Northern Victoria) (13:35): I was honoured to attend the Shepparton Remembrance Day service hosted by the Shepparton RSL yesterday. It was a moving service where we remembered and paid tribute to the brave men and women of our armed services and those that have lost their lives in defence of our great nation. I would like to acknowledge guest speaker and local policeman Leigh Johnson and local students Eli Rensford and Olivia Harry, who performed the royal hymn and the national anthem respectively. I want to particularly acknowledge Goulburn Valley Grammar School student Olivia Jackson, who delivered a touching recital of David J Delaney’s New Generation Veterans. I close my contribution with a passage from Delaney’s work:

I know on ANZAC day, we all remember with a tear,

but all vets young or old, they need our help throughout the year …

Lest we forget.