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“a bastard act”

Hearses carrying the remains of 33 Australian service personnel and dependants leave RAAF Base Richmond after a repatriation ceremony at the base to welcome them home from cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore. Photo by Corporal David Gibbs
Australian miscellaneous News Veterans 

PM’s no-show at repatriation “a bastard act” – Veterans Party

03/06/201605/06/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9924 Views 7 Comments "a bastard act", Terendak Repatriation Ceremony, Turnbull

Veterans Party leader Jeremy Davey called Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s failure to attend yesterday’s Terendak Repatriation Ceremony a bastard act.

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