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ANZAC Day 2012
On the 25th of April 1915 the men of the Australia New Zealand Army Corp set foot on a darkened beach on a cliff strewn peninsula 12,000 kilometres from home and began what became known as the Gallipoli campaign.
A legend was born and the ANZAC spirit that was kindled that day has been passed from generation to generation of our defence forces who have fought for freedom on behalf of our country – freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom from oppression.
Read more of Julie's speech on ANZAC Day Out & About in Curtin photos
On Line Opinion Blog | The terrible toll of Mexico's war
Thursday, 17 May 2012
There is a war under way which is threatening the stability and security of a nation of almost 110 million people.
It is not a war between the armies of nation states.
It is a war being waged in Mexico between rival criminal syndicates for control of the lucrative drug trafficking trade into the United States and is one of the most vicious and brutal conflicts in the world today.
