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Matilda McGovern, Annabelle Brown and Matilda Frankie of Pathfinders laid a handmade wreath.

Anzac DayPremiumThousands on Mt Clarence for rainy Anzac Day dawn service

“Let us never forget the lessons of Gallipoli, let us never forget the sacrifices of those who came before us, and let us never forget the values that bind our nations together,” Captain James Topham said.

Jacki Elezovich

ANZAC Day 2025 - ANZAC March - Louis Monteiro 6 and Alby 4 Kelsey Reid

ANZAC DAY 2025CommentsPremiumIN PICTURES: Young and old out for Perth Anzac Day march

Thousands of people have gathered in the streets of Perth to honour Australia’s servicemen and women at the annual Anzac Day March.

Emily Moulton

Michelle Batt and Logan Batt, 17, laid wreath’s to honour their relatives World War I soldier Hans Hansen and World War II soldier Donald Leeson at the Narrogin Anzac Day dawn service on Friday.

Dawn ServicePremiumNarrogin dawn service commemorates those who served

Crowds gathered at Memorial Park in Narrogin to remember the sacrifice made by their ancestors at the town’s Anzac Day dawn service on Friday.

Hannah Whitehead

Shadow veterans affairs minister Barnaby Joyce says no cuts will be made to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs under Coalition plans to slash 41,000 public servants from Canberra.

Federal election 2025CommentsCoalition promises no cuts to Veterans’ department

The Coalition says it will make ‘no cuts’ to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs under its plan to slash 41,000 public servants from Canberra, as questions swirl about the policy a week out from the election.

Ellen Ransley

Premier Roger Cook and Paul Papalia at the Kings Park dawn service.

ANZAC DAY 2025Premium‘Disgusting’: Cook slams heckler at Kings Park dawn service

Premier Roger Cook has slammed a heckler who disrupted a Welcome to Country at Perth’s Anzac Day dawn service at Kings Park.

Claire Sadler

The ashes of veterans were taken out to sea off Queensland's coast, in a sombre tribute.

ANZACCommentsBurial at sea marks sombre reminder of Anzac sacrifice

Thousands have stood side-by-side to remember those that have served and fallen for their country at one of Australia's most poignant Anzac ceremonies.

Fraser Barton

Heckles and boos interrupted Bunurong elder Mark Brown's Welcome to Country at the dawn service.

ANZACCommentsWelcome to Country jeers mar sombre Anzac ceremony

Outrage after tens of thousands show up to an Anzac Day dawn service and protesters heckle, boo during Indigenous welcome.

William Ton

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the ANZAC Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese marks diggers’ sacrifice at dawn service

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has marked Anzac Day at the national dawn service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, which was marred by a lone pro-Palestine protester.

Katina Curtis

Poor weather didn't deter a large crowd from gathering at The Cenotaph in Sydney for a dawn service.

ANZACCommentsRain no deterrent as big crowds turn out for Anzac Day services

A large crowd gathered for a traditional Anzac Day dawn service in Sydney, marking the legacy of Australia's service men and women through bouts of rain.

Alex Mitchell

Thousands of West Australians have gathered in the pre-dawn darkness at Kings Park to remember the sacrifices of the Anzacs.

ANZAC DAY 2025CommentsThousands gather at Kings Park for Anzac Day dawn service

Today marks 110 years since the Anzacs landed on Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I.

Claire Sadler

Jacob Hersant (circled in red) at the Dawn Service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne.

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‘Full force of the law’: Albo condemns Anzac distributors

LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken from Parliament, denouncing the actions or distributors at Anzac Day services, saying their is ‘no place in Australia’ for those actions.

Matt Shrivell

2024 Anzac Day Dawn Service , held at the State War Memorial in Kings Park, Perth.

ANZACComments ‘Anzac spirit’ is as relevant and alive as ever

EDITORIAL: This Anzac Day, push past the platitudes and allow the Anzac spirit to rise, as Charles Bean predicted it would, our nation’s possession forever.

Carmel Breman with her mother, Margaret Mary McCarthy’s, commemoration sign at Darkan’s Women at War exhibition opening.

Women at WarPremiumDarkan’s Women at War exhibition opens, commemorates service

The daughter of a World War II telegraphist, Carmel Breman, officially opened the Darkan Women at War exhibition on Thursday morning.

Hannah Whitehead

‘This Anzac Day, push past the platitudes and allow the Anzac spirit to rise, as Charles Bean predicted it would, our nation’s possession forever.’

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Legend of the Anzacs is more than a myth

This Anzac Day, push past the platitudes and allow the Anzac spirit to rise, as Charles Bean predicted it would, our nation’s possession forever. 

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Mr Grayden, now 104, also fought in the Middle East and Borneo as WWII turned from survival to victory.

ANZAC DAY 2025CommentsPremiumThe humble hero who made Kokoda a symbol of wartime bravery

When Bill Grayden came around, he walked back to battalion headquarters to report that ‘the earlier report of my death had been erroneous’.

Malcolm Quekett

The devastation of the Anzacs is laid out on the tombstone of Frank Rawlings.

Anzac DayVideoThe simple message on a soldier’s gravestone that captures the agony of the Anzacs

Stand on Gallipoli now and look up at the hills beyond and you realise immediately they never had a chance. 

Nick McCallum

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has recounted the stories of two veterans in his message of remembrance this Anzac Day. 

Federal election 2025Comments‘Solemn and sacred’: Peter Dutton honours Anzac veterans

The opposition leader has recounted the stories of two veterans in his message of remembrance this Anzac Day. 

Amber Lilley

The bomb disposal unit on the runway at Port Hedland in August 1942, about a week after the raid. Kneeling are Vic Philby, Laurie Reeves and Alan Nixon. Standing are Bruce Cox, Norm Horn, two unknown personnel, Jack Coogan, and Ted Sorrell.

ANZACPremiumHedland bombing led to only WA soldier killed on WA soil

When Japanese forces dropped a series of bombs on Port Hedland’s airfield about 6.45am on July 30, 1942, nobody expected it.

Madelin Hayes

The 2024 Anzac Day dawn service.

WA news CommentsExtra services and free travel for armed forces on Anzac Day

Those who have served in the armed forces will get free Transperth public transport on Anzac Day. 

Claire Sadler

The Collie-Cardiff RSL will hold two Anzac Day services at Soldiers Park on Steere Street.

Anzac DayPremiumCollie-Cardiff RSL prepares to hold Anzac Day services

With Anzac Day being commemorated on Friday, the Collie Returned and Services League wants to invite people to attend their services

Sofia Fimognari

Cousins Doug Wright and Maitland Osborn travelled to Turkey for the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign.

LONG LOST ANZACSPremiumCousins’ Gallipoli pilgrimage to “say g’day” to lost family

Albany cousins Maitland Osborn and Doug Wright travelled to Gallipoli to find the mass burial places two of their great uncles lay in and follow the footsteps of their grandfather that survived to return home.

Melissa Sheil

Former City of Albany mayor Dennis Wellington, City of Albany chief executive Andrew Sharpe, RSL Albany sub-branch vice president Warren Taylor, City of Albany mayor Greg Stocks, RSL Albany sub-branch president Rex Hendricks, and RSL Albany sub-branch special services director and warden Michael Tugwell.

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Libs promise to make National Anzac Centre federally-managed

O’Connor MP Rick Wilson is making an election commitment to have Albany’s National Anzac Centre fall under Commonwealth management by the Australian War Memorial

Georgia Campion

Fundraiser PO Jesse Palmer has been riding on the Munda Biddi Trail.

Defence forcePremiumPemberton Navy officer fundraises on Munda Biddi Trail

A Pemberton-born navy officer has returned to his home town for Anzac Day and has been raising money for Defence Community Dogs during his visit

Sofia Fimognari

Warren-Blackwood MLA Bevan Eatts.

Anzac day 2025PremiumMember for Warren-Blackwood honours ANZACs

Ahead of Anzac Day, Member for Warren-Blackwood Bevan Eatts tribute to the sacrifices and contributions of service men and women who served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations.

Anjelica Smilovitis