Julie Bishop - Member for Curtin

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Visit to Australian War Memorial with John XXIII students 

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Today I joined students of John XXIII College at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra where we participated in a wreath laying ceremony in the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier.

On the Roll of Honour here there are over 102 000 names of those who have died in wars and conflicts. 46 000 soldiers died on the Western Front in WW1, many of whom had an unmarked or no known grave – the Tomb of the Unknown Australia Solider is our tribute to them.

We are a peace loving country and we live in freedom. We owe thanks to those who have made it possible.

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 Centenary of ANZAC Grants Now Open!

Julie has officially opened applications for funding from the Anzac Centenary Local Grants Program.

“The Centenary of ANZAC will be the most significant national period of commemoration in our nation’s history”, she said.

“Locally, our community will work together to ensure that we pay appropriate tribute to the thousands of locals who answered the call to serve their nation and the hundreds who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of our collective values and beliefs.”

“These ANZAC Centenary Local Grants Program grants will give the community the opportunity to honour service and sacrifice.  There are many different ways this can be done – from traditional dawn services and marches of veterans, through to re-enactments of recruiting marches, school-based education programmes, refurbishing of memorials and honour boards and establishment of new places of commemoration and reflection.”

 Read more Application form and guidelines

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On Line Opinion Blog | Julia Gillard in her glass house - rewriting history and throwing stones

Thursday, 11 April 2013

Last weekend Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave a speech at the Boao Forum in China.

The audience included President Xi Jinping and other world leaders. I was present along with a delegation of Australian business leaders.

While it was not entirely unexpected, it was disappointing all the same to hear the Prime Minister claim total ownership of the Australia - China relationship.

She lavished praise on the efforts of the Whitlam and Hawke governments, as well as her own, but studiously ignored the contribution of the Howard Government, or indeed any other government, to the current strength of the bilateral relationship.

Read more On Line Opinion website