Leaders solemnly mark Anzac Day
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have attended Anzac Day Dawn Services to mark the 110th anniversary of the devastating Gallipoli landings in World War One.
Both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader will suspend campaigning for the May 3 election on Friday as Australians honour those who have served their country in war and peacetime.
Mr Albanese was at the national service at the War Memorial in Canberra, while Mr Dutton attended a service in his electorate of Dickson in northern Brisbane. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke at the Anzac Dawn Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. NewsWire / Martin Ollman Credit: News Corp Australia Opposition Leader Peter Dutton he attended the Anzac Day dawn remembrance service at the Pine Rivers RSL in his electorate of Dickson. Richard Dobson / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia
In his dedication to the Anzacs, the Prime Minister said 'their spirit' was still felt to this day.
'We wish to be worthy of their great sacrifice,' he said.
'Let us therefore once more, dedicate ourselves to the ideals for which they died as the dawn is even now about to pierce the dark.
'So let their memory inspire us to work for the coming new life into the dark places of the world.' Anthony Albanese with fiancee Jodie Haydon at the Australian War Memorial service in Canberra. Jason Edwards / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia
Mr Dutton has laid a wreath in honour of the Anzacs during a ceremony at the Pine Rivers District RSL Memorial Gardens in his home electorate of Dickson.
The Opposition Leader was the third person to place a wreath under the sounds of bagpipes, followed by representatives of former premier Steven Miles and Queensland Police, as well as others. Peter Dutton and his wife Kirilly at Pine Rivers RSL Anzac Day Dawn Service. Richard Dobson / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia
More than a hundred people attended the simple ceremony in the Brisbane suburbs of Kallangur, braving the inclement weather.
Dozens more lined up in the street outside the Norths Leagues and Services Club throughout proceedings.
Mr Dutton is attended a second Anzac Day event in Samford on the outskirts of Brisbane.
A planned flyover was unfortunately cancelled as another weather front bore down on Brisbane.
It didn't put a dampner on the children's choir, nor the enthusiasm of the scores of school kids and scouts.
After the youngsters had read two poems, Mr Dutton joined RSL notables in laying a wreath.
The Opposition Leader is expected to fly later today to Townsville, something he let slip earlier in the day.
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