“[It] runs counter to why we gather at the Shrine at dawn [with] hundreds of thousands people across the country simultaneously,” she said on ABC radio shortly afterwards.
“They gather to never forget what war is like and why it is so important so we can gather peacefully today because of that sacrifice.”
Premier Jacinta Allan said the booing dishonours the men and women who fought for Australia.Credit: Simon Schluter
Allan said the way to combat displays of disrespect was to continue educating people about the ANZACs, Gallipoli and war.
“As we were taking our places this morning… [the MC Justin Smith] was reading out letters that young men had written to their mums from war zones,” Allan said.
“That is what is being dishonoured. That is why we cannot give up educating, helping people understand why not only is that behaviour disrespectful, it doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t change the past.”
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