{"id":156854,"date":"2025-08-14T19:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=156854"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:17:46","slug":"shadow-minister-for-defence-industry-and-defence-personnel-media-statement-80th-anniversary-of-victory-in-the-pacific-15-august-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/shadow-minister-for-defence-industry-and-defence-personnel-media-statement-80th-anniversary-of-victory-in-the-pacific-15-august-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Minister for Defence Industry and Defence Personnel \u2013 Media Statement \u2013 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC \u2013 15 August 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">SENATOR JACINTA NAMPIJINPA PRICE<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">STATEMENT<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">80th ANNIVERSARY<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-156855 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Shadow-Minister-for-Defence-Industry-and-Defence-Personnel.png\" alt=\"Shadow Minister for Defence Industry and Defence Personnel\" width=\"154\" height=\"114\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Eighty years ago today, in addressing the nation, Prime Minister Ben Chifley uttered words that Australians had prayed for, waited for, served for, and sacrificed for: \u201cFellow citizens, the war is over.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The forces of Imperial Japan had finally surrendered \u2013 99 days after the Allies marked Victory in Europe with the defeat of the German war machine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Crowds formed in main streets where people cheered, sang, danced, threw confetti, embraced, kissed, and waved the Australian flag in celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Amidst the joy, there was also a national sense of relief and a profound sense of what had been done and what had been lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">After almost six years of war, 39,000 Australians had given their lives for the greater good. Of the more than one million Australians who served, many returned home with the physical scars of conflict, while others stoically battled demons from their experiences of the hell of war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In the Pacific theatre, of the 22,000 Australians taken prisoner by Imperial Japan, one-third did not make it home. For those who did, many were forever changed by the brutality they had endured at the hands of their captors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On the home front, Australians knew the war in different ways: from the loss of loved ones, to surviving Imperial Japan\u2019s bombing of our north, to supporting the engines of industry to churn out machines and munitions, to rationing goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Across Australia, barely a city or town, suburb or street, community or citizen was unaffected or unscathed in some way by the catastrophe of the all-encompassing conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">On this 80<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of VP Day, we pay tribute to all Australians who served, suffered and sacrificed for our nation \u2013 especially those dear veterans of the Greatest Generation who are still with us today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We recall the courage, conviction and camaraderie of our forebears \u2013 so we don\u2019t forget who we are as Australians and what we can achieve together as a nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">We acknowledge our allies \u2013 especially the Americans \u2013 without whom the war would not have been won.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Most importantly, we maintain a tragic sensibility. We remember tragedy to summon the willpower to prevent tragedy anew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Those before us endured the horror of war to defeat tyranny and restore peace. In their memory, it\u2019s our duty to preserve peace by deterring the tyranny that so often has been the cause of catastrophic war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Lest we forget. 15 August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly to your inbox!<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SENATOR JACINTA NAMPIJINPA PRICE SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE INDUSTRY SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE PERSONNEL STATEMENT 80th ANNIVERSARY VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC Eighty years ago today, in addressing the nation, Prime Minister Ben Chifley uttered words that Australians had 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