Anzac Day 2025 LIVE updates: Albanese, Dutton attend dawn services; man expected to be charged over Welcome to Country booing
10.01am
Flyover cracks the sky as Sydney parade marches on
By Frances Howe
The flyover cracked the clearing sky above Elizabeth Street in Sydney at exactly 9.30am, slightly spooking the two memorial horses commemorating the passing of the last First World War veteran and the last Boer War veteran.
Behind them, some of the youngest marching, the cadets, held the First World War unit flags.
The RSL predicted around 12,500 people would attend the march in Sydney this morning. They watched as the taxis, some of them carrying World War II veterans and their families, were some of the first to meet the finish line of the march.
9.37am
50,000 attend dawn service in Melbourne
By Brittany Busch
The crowds dispersed from Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance following the dawn service to line the streets for the annual Anzac Day march.
According to the RSL, 50,000 people attended the service – 10,000 more than last year.
Onlookers lined the barricades and clapped the procession as it made its way down St Kilda Road, with veterans wearing their medals and family members carrying photographs of those who had died.
Waltzing Matilda played as marching bands led uniformed members from the army, navy, Victoria Police, and a New Zealand delegation representing Australia's Anzac allies.
9.35am
Police guard Jewish forum in Kooyong as Ryan, Hamer finally share stage
By Rachael Dexter
Back on the election campaign trail, independent MP Monique Ryan and Liberal challenger Amelia Hamer finally shared a stage for the first time on Thursday night in a tightly controlled candidates' forum in the key Melbourne seat of Kooyong, with both women seeking to shore up support from the electorate's now-increased Jewish community.
A coalition of Jewish organisations, including Zionism Victoria and the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, hosted the event at Bialik College. It had none of the theatrics of the Friends of the ABC forum at Kew Library on Wednesday, which descended into chaos after far-right agitators gatecrashed the event, prompting one woman to throw a punch at one of the protesters.
Organisers of the Jewish forum confirmed the Australian Federal Police attended after the drama of the previous night's events.
Following a redistribution that abolished the neighbouring seat of Higgins, Kooyong's boundaries this election now include a larger proportion of Jewish voters.
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