NSW Office of Sport
More than 200 young Australians have been recognised by the Governor of New South Wales at the 2021 Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Gold Ceremony.
Office of Sport Chief Executive Karen Jones said the Gold Award recipients displayed incredible resilience and commitment to complete the program during what has been a challenging period for many communities.
“Completing the Gold Award at any time is a remarkable achievement, but to complete it during a period of bushfires, drought, flooding and a global pandemic shows incredible dedication and resilience,” Ms Jones said.
The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award comprises four sections – Voluntary Service, Skills, Physical Recreation and an Adventurous Journey.
At a time when Australia s role in Papua New Guinea, and the South Pacific generally, is under real threat from China s unrelenting attacks, the commemoration of Anzac Day this Sunday is the right time to focus on the enormous bravery, and sacrifice, by thousands of young Australians in defence of our freedom, and that of the people of Papua and New Guinea.
Sadly, Covid-19 restrictions will limit Anzac Day commemorations in Papua New Guinea. Even though Anzac Day is no longer a national holiday in PNG, it has always been a focus for visiting defence and ex-service personnel to visit the impressive war cemeteries and some of the more significant battle zones, such as the Kokoda Track and Milne Bay.
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Premium Content  Afghanistan veteran Bradly Carr suicided on Anzac Day in the most harrowing of statements about the fate of troubled veterans in Australia but the desperate pleas of families and those who have served have been heard. Mr Morrison said the great risk Defence Force personnel take was not just when they deploy to war. That immediate risk that is there, that is rightfully and well considered when those decisions are sensibly made and wisely made, we hope, by governments at those times, he said. But increasingly, we must also understand the long tail of cost. I mean the human cost. And that cost is most significant when we see it in the death by suicide of our veterans.
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