Death cap victims memorial service

Ms Gallagher made the very welcome announcement that the ACT Government plans ongoing support for those two young kids and, I understand, an adult one. Their parents died here, and even if Canberra doesn’t technically have a legal responsibility, getting those younger kids an education and the older one support (remember, Chinese families generally don’t have cousins, aunts and uncles thanks to the one-child policy) is the right thing to do. There’s even an echo of Kemal Ataturk’s post-Gallipoli speech about it all (Katie’s unhip speechwriters must be unfamiliar with it):
“You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”

Made the ABC evening news and Tomo got a guernsey too.