How Australia may commemorate the Anzac Centenary
Appendix 1 Terms of reference National Commission on the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary
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Appendix 1 Terms of referenceNational Commission on the Commemoration of the Anzac CentenaryOn 25 April 2010, the then Prime Minister, the Honourable Kevin Rudd MP, announced the formation of the National Commission on the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary. Mr Rudd also announced the original members of the National Commission as the Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser PC AC CH, the Honourable Bob Hawke AC and Rear Admiral Ken Doolan AO RAN (Ret’d). Subsequent additions to the National Commission have been announced by the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, the Honourable Alan Griffin MP. Terms of referencePurposeThe National Commission will undertake public consultation on how government should most appropriately mark the Anzac Centenary 2014–2018. The National Commission will provide recommendations to government on the broad scope and shape of commemorative, educative and interpretive initiatives and activities, and the governance process for the commemorative program. Terms of referenceThe Anzac Centenary is understood to include not only the centenary of the Gallipoli landings in 2015, but also other significant milestones that occur from 2014 up to and including the centenary of Armistice Day in 2018, and a century of service in war, defence and peacekeeping. The National Commission will undertake a public consultation on how to most appropriately mark the Anzac Centenary, including:
In doing so, the National Commission will consider and provide advice to government on options for how best to:
The National Commission will also need to consider the interests of New Zealand and Turkey in centenary commemorations at Gallipoli on 25 April 2015, as well as the interests of other key nations in commemorations to mark the centenary of Armistice Day on 11 November 2018. The National Commission should provide a report to the government with recommendations covering the broad scope and shape of commemorative, educative and interpretive initiatives and activities for the commemorative program, as well as an outline of the governance process to support the program’s implementation. The commemorative program should consider the following themes:
The National Commission is required to report to government early in 2011. The role of Australian Government agenciesThe Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) is the lead Australian Government agency in the planning for the Anzac Centenary. DVA will provide secretariat and material support to the National Commission. The Secretary of DVA chairs an interdepartmental working party (IDWP) comprising representatives from several Australian Government agencies and some statutory authorities, including the National Archives of Australia and the Australian War Memorial. The IDWP provides a mechanism for the National Commission to seek information from Australian Government agencies as part of its investigations. August 2010 Appendix 2 Commission membersMr Warren BrownWarren Brown’s passion for Australia’s history is well known. He has been involved in various commemorative programs since the Australian Government’s Australia Remembers 1945–1995 campaign in 1995, when he served as a committee member for Back to the Track, a pilgrimage for veterans commemorating the building of the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs to Darwin during the Second World War. Since 2006, he has been the overnight host at Gallipoli on Anzac Day and the pre-service host at Lone Pine. At the age of 13 he joined the RAAF Air Training Corps, eventually becoming an adult instructor before enlisting in the Australian Army Reserve, where he received the award for Best Recruit. He is the full-time editorial cartoonist for the Sydney Daily Telegraph and has won numerous awards, including gold medals for National Cartoonist of the Year and National Cartoon of the Year, the Stanley Award for ACA Best Editorial – Pictorial Cartoonist, the NSW State Library People’s Choice Award and an award for the National Museum of Australia’s Behind the Lines exhibition. He created cartoons for the ABC TV political discussion program Difference of Opinion, is a regular guest on Insiders and was a ‘brains trust’ panellist on The Einstein Factor. He was a presenter on the ABC TV history program Rewind and hosted the history series National Treasures and The Prime Ministers’ National Treasures. He was both a history consultant and an interviewee for the Crime Investigation Network’s series Tough Nuts — Australia’s Hardest Criminals and for the upcoming History Channel series, Tony Robinson Explores Australia. Warren has been an Australia Day Ambassador since 2001. In 2005, he co-conceived and implemented Peking to Paris, a re-creation of the world’s first great long-distance car race across Asia and Europe, using five 100 year old cars, which was filmed as a four part documentary series for the ABC and nominated for the Logie Award for Best Documentary. In 2006, Warren and his co-driver, Lang Kidby, were presented with Australian Geographic’s Spirit of Adventure Award. A regular on ABC Radio, Warren hosted the national program The Weekender for two years, and was twice a finalist in the ABC Local Radio Awards, for both Best New Talent and the Paul Boddington Award for Outstanding Radio Feature by an Individual for his two radio specials, Gallipoli Now. In 2008, he was selected as one of three hosts for Top Gear Australia, broadcast on SBS. Warren is the proud son of an RAAF Lancaster Air Gunner who served in 460 Squadron during the Second World War, and the grandson of a First AIF infantryman who served in France. Directory: sites -> default -> files -> documents documents -> North Mankato Taylor Library documents -> In the Red and Brown Water documents -> - documents -> Cbp and Trade Automated Interface Requirements Appendix: pga december 22, 2015 documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Ace abi catair customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements documents -> Mobile audio/video recording systems documents -> The south australian government gazette documents -> All public acts appearing in this gazette are to be considered official, and obeyed as such documents -> Union interparlementaire inter-parliamentary union Download 452.04 Kb. Share with your friends:
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