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Holiday season wrap

Holiday season wrap

Unitingcare Australia national director Lin Hatfield Dodds writes:

Like many Canberrans, I left the capital just after Christmas to have a holiday break with my family.

It was pretty confronting to return to phone and radio range to hear about the floods and devastation across Queensland and other parts of Australia. It put our wet camping experience in perspective.

Don’t let memorial fall silent

Don’t let memorial fall silent

Liberal Senator for the ACT Gary Humphries writes:

Back in October this year, it was revealed in Senate estimates that, due to funding cuts, the Australian War Memorial Council considered closing the Memorial one day a week as well as cutting the very popular Christmas Carols event.

Since then, we’ve seen the release of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ “Red Book” which tells us of a bleak outlook for this iconic national institution.