Michael Gleeson,Jake Niall and Andrew Wu discuss Essendon,and the signs that the club is back on its feet despite the Anzac Day defeat to Collingwood.
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as Collingwood and Essendon continue their annual Anzac Day match at the MCG.
Lloyd Knight flew 45 missions in the “forgotten war” in 1953,when he was shot in the face by North Korean ground forces and narrowly missed crashing his fighter jet into a hill.
Racing Victoria has pledged $100,000 to support Dean Holland’s grief-stricken family,as the racing industry comes to terms with the jockey’s death in a race fall on Monday.
The Lachlan Macquarie statue in Windsor’s McQuade Park,in north-west Sydney,was doused in red paint ahead of a local dawn service.
The war veterans are getting older,but the crowds were still there as Sydney paused to remember the fallen.
Premier Mark McGowan said a large crowd were in attendance for the first full dawn service in four years.
Across Sydney,thousands gathered at dawn to honour those who had fought and died in conflict,including at Coogee where the promenade was lined with those paying their respects.
Despite a proliferation of cameras,our tradition of sending an official artist to capture conflict endures because,as one notes:“The point is not to do an accurate drawing of an aircraft carrier”.
Savige rose from humble beginnings to become one of Australia’s great heroes in two world wars. Yet he created his most lasting legacy in peacetime.
A precious trophy featuring the ashes from two cigars contained in the razor case of a soldier at the Gallipoli landing,and played for by Australia and New Zealand,vanished without a trace in 1954.