In recognition of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, an elected Coalition Government will commit $22 million towards community projects and activities that commemorate this significant period in Australia’s history.
Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, the Hon Barnaby Joyce MP, said funding would be available for community initiatives and projects that promote and preserve Australia’s wartime heritage, including upgrades to existing memorials and the construction of new memorials, the installation of flagpoles, commemorative murals, and reflection gardens.
“A few remain of those who served and saved our nation in the Second World War. So many families hold with absolute pride the service of their forbears of that dark and precarious time. All of us have a duty to continue to recognise and remember the service of those Australians whose sacrifice preserved everything you have.
“When the item of memory falls into disrepair, we show our disregard; this fund will work with communities to prevent that.”
