Kate Ellis (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Just this morning when I was going through the mail from my constituents I came across something that I believe is of great concern. One of the local residents in the Adelaide electorate wrote to me about his shock at watching the races and seeing that there is a horse named General Yamashito racing in Australia. My constituent wrote to me saying that he believed it to be a deep affront and that the name of the horse should be changed. General Yamashita was tried, convicted and hanged for war crimes during World War II as a Japanese general and I think that my constituent is not the only one that will be offended by this choice of name for the racehorse.

Don Randall (Canning, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Have you written to the Keeper of the Stud Book? That is what you ought to be doing.

Kate Ellis (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I believe that many people in our veteran community would share that feeling, as indeed would people in the broader community, and I assure the House that I will be chasing this up and I am writing to the registrar at the moment. Also, I place on the record that I think we should always stand up and show our respect for our veteran community in Australia. I think it is deeply offensive that the member for Canning cannot agree with me on this matter and show that together we stand up for our veterans. (Time expired)