Jane Prentice (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House:

(1) recognises that Wednesday 11 November marks Remembrance Day, the 97th anniversary of the Armistice which ended World War I;

(2) commemorates the sacrifice of the more than 60,000 Australians who were killed in World War I, and the 156,000 wounded, gassed or taken prisoner;

(3) recognises the contribution of the more than 1,000 Indigenous Australians who fought in World War I;

(4) notes that by the number of deaths and casualties, World War I remains the most costly conflict in Australian history; and

(5) calls on all Australians to observe one minute’s silence at 11 am, in memory of those who have died or suffered in wars and conflict.

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