David Hurley,the first governor-general to attend a coronation in a century,says he was taken aback by the personal nature of the service.
Putting names to faces in photos of Australian soldiers who served as peacekeepers or went to war is crucial if their service is to be honoured,say veterans and historians.
The Legacy Centenary Torch Relay will start journey just before Anzac Day in Pozieres,France,the site of a World War I battlefield.
The ex-PM’s secrecy meant the parliament was kept in the dark,so the House of Representatives will want its say. It has censured MPs for less.
At Senate estimates,David Hurley’s official secretary said it was up to the Morrison government to publicise the ex-PM’s five extra departments.
“In an age of performative celebrity,the Queen embodied quiet dignity,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the late monarch’s official memorial service in Canberra.
Australians have cut their support for a republic to 46 per cent as support drops to levels that would make constitutional change impossible.
The Queen was so taken with a gift from David Hurley – a painting of roses named in her honour and a golden wattle – that she had it hung in her private study.
Tennis star and Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott and Winx trainer Chris Waller are among a group of 10 Australians invited to travel to London with the prime minister.
Hundreds of spectators gathered at Parliament House and some called out “God save the King” when the Governor-General swore loyalty to the new monarch.
The formal ceremony at Parliament House to proclaim King Charles III as the nation’s reigning monarch blended military pomp with Indigenous ritual.