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Thousands of Australians have gathered at the Vietnam Forces Memorial in Canberra, and other places in the country to pay tribute to veterans of the Vietnam war.On the 18th of August 1966, Australia suffered its greatest loss of life during the War with18 Australians troops killed and 24 wounded.
Veteran survivors who returned home from Vietnam were badly received by most of the Australian population, because the majority of people had been against this war. "We must acknowledge those we sent to war in our name. Who did their duty in our name, whose names we failed to hold up so proudly. 50 years after the role of Australian troops in the hostilities in Vietnam came to an end, let us again acknowledge you. Let us acknowledge the wait of what you lived through, what you saw, what you felt."
The second day of the event was dominated by a motion to support Ukraine and condemn Russia, a reaffirmation of the party's commitment to supporting individuals in Iran fleeing the dictatorship, and Australia's commitment to Aukus."we are talking about nuclear propulsion and without it, we will not have in 2040, the same submarine capability that Paul Keating gave us in the year 2000.
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