Ms JODIE HARRISON (Charlestown—Minister for Women, Minister for Seniors, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault)— Anzac Day continues to grow in importance as a day of remembrance for the people of NSW and that was evident in the turnout at the Charlestown events in 2023.

At services held at Adamstown, Cardiff, Charlestown and Dudley on 25 April, I was struck by the large crowds which are continuing to grow year on year, and the increasing involvement of young people.

Thank you to the RSL sub-branches and community groups involved in organising Charlestown's Anzac Day events for 2023, including Merewether Hamilton Adamstown RSL sub-branch, Cardiff RSL, Charlestown Lions Club and the Dudley War Memorial community group for helping to maintain Anzac Day and its important legacy.

It is wonderful to see students from our local primary and high schools taking part, many of them wearing their school uniforms with pride at the events and laying wreaths to honour the fallen.

The students from Dudley Public School, who were represented at their local dawn service, have a daily reminder of their community's wartime service, with the faces of their two Victoria Cross winners Clarence Jeffries and William Currey painted onto the school hall's façade. Lest We Forget.

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