Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day. This year, unfortunately, it will be very different, like so many other things, because of the COVID pandemic. But it won't be as different as Anzac Day was this year. We missed out on the opportunity to gather together and remember but also, as veterans, to catch up with mates, reconnect and support one another through whatever we might be going through. That's why this year I'm throwing my support behind an initiative called A BBQ To Remember. A BBQ To Remember is the brain child of veteran mental health charity Swiss 8, which I'm the patron for. The idea is that now that a lot of restrictions are starting to ease we can take the time to hold a barbecue with friends and family and have that hour or two to connect, flipping a few steaks, cooking a few sausages and making up for what we missed out on, on 25 April this year—the connection.

I want to take this opportunity to encourage everyone, no matter whether you're an ex-service organisation, an RSL or an individual, to register to host a barbecue at bbqtoremember.com. I'm looking forward to my own barbecue breakfast tomorrow with the Swiss 8 team outside the Australian War Memorial. I would encourage people in this place to attend, show support, pause, remember and come together. Lest we forget.