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November 11th holds major significance in Australian cultural and political memory for two key reasons —one solemn and one political. The first, Remembrance Day, observed annually, commemorates the Armistice of World War One when the guns stopped. At 11am, Australians observe one minute of silence to honour those who died in conflicts and peacekeeping operations. […]

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Our national identity is becoming increasingly militarised. Today I’m thinking of a mother’s words – not the veneration of war dished out by politicians Countless are the times politicians have spoken for the Australian military personnel whose names appear on the roll of honour at the Australian War Memorial because they were killed in service. Remembrance Day, like Anzac Day on 25 April, is an opportunity for our political leaders to reaffirm, with bipartisan assurance, words to the effect that none of the 103,000 people named on that roll died in vain. Continue reading...

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